Investment Summary

J. Walter Thompson Company Invests In The Hardy Boys

On June 11, 2014, J. Walter Thompson Company invested in media company The Hardy Boys

Investment Highlights
  • This is J. Walter Thompson Company’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is J. Walter Thompson Company’s 1st transaction in South Africa.

Investment Summary

Date 2014-06-11
Target The Hardy Boys
Sector Media
Investor(s) J. Walter Thompson Company
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

The Hardy Boys

Durban, South Africa
The Hardy Boys (Pty) Ltd. is an independent creative agency. Hardy Boys is a multi-disciplinary brand-building agency with fully integrated activation capabilities.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

J. Walter Thompson Company

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1864
Sector Marketing
DESCRIPTION

J. Walter Thompson Company LLC is a provider of brand marketing communication services in the United States.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 10
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 3
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 4
Country: South Africa M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-01 X-Prime S.A.S

Toulouse, France

X-Prime S.A.S is a digital expertise in web design, search marketing, social marketing and software programming.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-04 Cairos Usabilidade Eireli

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cairos Usabilidade Eireli (Try) is a user experience agency in Brazil that designs and develops custom web, mobile, desktop and touch-enabled applications. Clients include, Itaú Bank, Porto Seguro, Electrolux, SKY, Serasa-Experian, Havaianas, Prontmed, and Kate Spade. Founded in 2003, the company employs 22 people and is based in São Paulo. Try provides consultancy to their clients in user experience, interaction design and prototyping.

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