American Express Global Business Travel - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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American Express Global Business Travel M&A Summary

American Express Global Business Travel has acquired 5 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

American Express Global Business Travel’s largest acquisition to date was in 2024, when it acquired CWT for $570M. American Express Global Business Travel has acquired in 2 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include business services (40%) and information technology (20%).

American Express Global Business Travel Business Overview

Where is American Express Global Business Travel headquartered?

American Express Global Business Travel is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

What sector is American Express Global Business Travel in?

American Express Global Business Travel is a business services company.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity5
    • M&A Buy Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3

American Express Global Business Travel

GBT III B.V.

Magnus Ladulasgatan 5,
Stockholm, SE-106 82
Sweden,
www.amexglobalbusinesstravel.com

American Express Global Business Travel is a provider of travel solutions, integrated consulting services, proprietary research, and end-to-end meetings and events capabilities.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 3 - 1 - - 1 5
vol $570M $570M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  5

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
CWT 2024-03-25 570M USD Add-on Acquisition
Minneapolis, Minnesota · www.mycwt.com
Egencia LLC 2021-05-04 - Divestiture
Seattle, Washington · www.egencia.com
Hogg Robinson Ltd. 2018-02-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Farnborough, United Kingdom · www.hrgworldwide.com
KDS SAS 2016-08-30 - Add-on Acquisition
Paris, France · www.kds.com
SMT Travel Agency 2016-05-23 - Divestiture
Vantaa, Finland · www.smt.fi
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Business Services 2 (40%) 570M (100%) - -
Information Technology 1 (20%) - - -
Internet Software and Services 1 (20%) - - -
Transportation 1 (20%) - - -
Total 5 $570M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 2 570M - -
  Washington 1 - - -
  Minnesota 1 570M - -
Finland 1 - - -
France 1 - - -
United Kingdom 1 - - -
Domestic - - - -
Cross-border 5 (100%) 570M (100%) - -
Total 5 $570M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $570M
TOTAL $570M
Largest CWT
$570M (2024-03-25)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
20%
1 (20%)
Strategic(s)
40%
2 (40%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Business Services

Subsidiary of

American Express

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