"Corbis, the image library
owned by Bill Gates, said yesterday that revenues last year reached
$170m (£91m) as the founder of Microsoft readies it for a possible
flotation.
The
company said it would be cash flow positive this year for the first
time since Mr Gates founded the business in the late 1980s. Revenues in
2004 grew by 22% organically. Adding in the company's recent
acquisition of the German image bank Zefa would have increased revenues
to $211m. [..]
Corbis claims to have
about 12% of the global market, behind Getty Images, which has 30%.
Zefa, which was acquired by Corbis for €56m (£39m) earlier this month,
was the number three in the image library market." (Guardian.co.uk) (Similar: seattle.bizjournals.com)
See also: "Corbis and Marvel Announce Content and Rights Representation Deal", Link)
