King Digital Entertainment - Ownership and Business Overview

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King Digital Entertainment Ownership

Who owns King Digital Entertainment?

King Digital Entertainment is owned by Activision Blizzard. It was acquired on November 2, 2015.

King Digital Entertainment Business Overview

Where is King Digital Entertainment headquartered?

King Digital Entertainment is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

What is King Digital Entertainment’s revenue?

King Digital Entertainment disclosed revenue of 2,269M USD for 2014 and 1,884M USD for 2013.

How many employees does King Digital Entertainment have?

King Digital Entertainment has 1,500 employees.

What sector is King Digital Entertainment in?

King Digital Entertainment is a digital media company.

Digital Media M&A Summary in 2015

Out of 60 sectors in the Mergr database, digital media ranked 47 in number of deals in 2015. The largest digital media acquisition in 2015 was King Digital Entertainment - which was acquired by Activision Blizzard for $5.9B.

Join Mergr to view all 56 acquisitions of digital media companies in 2015, including 5 acquisitions by private equity firms, and 51 by strategics.

King Digital Entertainment plc

Fitzwilton House Wilton Place,
Dublin, 2
Ireland,
www.king.com

King Digital Entertainment plc is an interactive entertainment company for the mobile world. It had a network of 330 million monthly unique users as of third quarter 2015, has developed more than 200 exclusive games, and offers games in over 200 countries and regions through its king.com and royalgames.com websites, Facebook, and mobile distribution platforms such as the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore. King has game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Singapore, and Seattle, along with offices in San Francisco, Malta, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Bucharest.


Company Summary

SECTOR

Digital Media

Revenue

2,269   21% 2014
1,884   1049% 2013
164   2012
(millions of USD)

Employees

1,500

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