Gartner - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Gartner M&A Summary

Gartner has acquired 11 companies. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

Gartner’s largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired Challenger Performance Optimization for $3.3B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2018, when it sold SHL Group to Exponent Private Equity for $400M. Gartner has acquired in 5 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include business services (55%) and internet software and services (46%).

Gartner Business Overview

Where is Gartner headquartered?

Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

What is Gartner’s revenue?

Gartner disclosed revenue of 5,907M USD for 2023 and 5,476M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Gartner have?

Gartner has 20,495 employees.

What sector is Gartner in?

Gartner is an information services company.

When was Gartner founded?

Gartner was founded in 1979.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity15
    • M&A Buy Activity11
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6
  • M&A Advisors 4

Gartner

Gartner, Inc.

56 Top Gallant Road,
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
United States,
(203) 964-0096
www.gartner.com

Gartner is an information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight to clients worldwide. Gartner was founded in 1979 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 11 - - - - - 11
vol $3.7B $3.7B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 3 - - - 1 - 4
vol $400M $400M
  15

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
TalentNeuron 2023-02-02 - Divestiture
Santa Clara, California · www.talentneuron.com
Challenger Performance Optimization, Inc. 2018-09-05 - Divestiture
Arlington, Virginia · www.challengerinc.com
Metrics That Matter 2018-09-05 - Divestiture
, United States · www.metricsthatmatter.com
SHL Group PLC 2018-02-06 400M USD Divestiture
Thames Ditton, United Kingdom · www.shl.com
Challenger Performance Optimization, Inc. 2017-01-05 3.3B USD Add-on Acquisition
Arlington, Virginia · www.challengerinc.com
Rapture World Ltd. (dba SCM World) 2016-06-28 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.scmworld.com
Capterra, Inc. 2015-09-25 - Add-on Acquisition
Arlington, Virginia · www.capterra.com
Nubera eBusiness SL (GetApp) 2015-07-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Barcelona, Spain · www.nubera.com
Senexx 2014-06-30 - Add-on Acquisition
Haifa, Israel · www.senexx.com
Market Visio Oy 2014-05-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Espoo, Finland · www.marketvisio.fi
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Business Services 6 (55%) 431M (12%) 1 (25%) 400M (100%)
Internet Software and Services 5 (45%) 3.3B (88%) 1 (25%) -
Information Services - - 1 (25%) -
Information Technology - - 1 (25%) -
Total 11 $3.7B 4 $400M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 6 3.7B 3 -
  Virginia 2 3.3B 1 -
  Utah 1 56M - -
  Texas 1 135M - -
  Massachusetts 1 64M - -
  Connecticut 1 162M - -
  California - - 1 -
United Kingdom 1 - 1 400M
Australia 1 14M - -
Finland 1 - - -
Israel 1 - - -
Spain 1 - - -
Domestic 6 (55%) 3.7B (100%) 3 (75%) -
Cross-border 5 (45%) 14M (< 1%) 1 (25%) 400M (100%)
Total 11 $3.7B 4 $400M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Evercore Group
2
Goldman Sachs
1
Legal Deals
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
1
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $3.3B
$100M to $1B 2 $297M
< $100M 3 $134M
TOTAL $3.7B
Largest Challenger Performance Optimization, Inc.
$3.3B (2017-01-05)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $400M
TOTAL $400M
Largest SHL Group PLC
$400M (2018-02-06)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
18%
2 (18%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
75%
3 (75%)
Strategic(s)
25%
1 (25%)

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