16 Jun 2007 Who Owns Who
Now that the big businesses of the stock photography industry are taking an interest in the microstock revolution, there are quite a few big names behind the current microstock faces. Let’s take a look.
Owned by the Larger Agencies
The following microstock agencies are owned by large companies established in the stock photography industry.
| Agency | Owner | Details |
| iStockphoto | Getty Images | Getty purchased iStockphoto for $50million in 2006 |
| StockXpert | Jupiterimages | Jupiterimages purchased 49.7% of HAAP Media Ltd, the hungarian operator of StockXpert, in January 2006, raising it to 90% in November |
| SnapVillage* | Corbis | Corbis launched SnapVillage as a completely new agency in June 2007 |
| 123rf | InMagine | 123rf is a wholly owned subsidiary of InMagine |
Owned by Original Entrepreneurs
The following microstock agencies are still owned by the entreprenuers who built them.
| Agency | Owners | Details |
| ShutterStock | Jon Oringer | Oringer founded ShutterStock and is CEO |
| Dreamstime | Serban Enache | Enache co-founded Dreamstime and is CEO |
| Fotolia | Oleg Tscheltzoff | Tscheltzoff is the co-founder and president of Fotolia |
| CanStockPhoto | Duncan Enman | Business student Enman created and owns CanStockPhoto |
| BigStockPhoto | Dawn & Tim Donahue | The Donahues founded and own BigStockPhoto |
| LuckyOliver | Bryan Zmijewski | Zmijewski founded LuckyOliver and is Chief Instigator |
| Crestock | Geir Are Jensen | Jensen founded Crestock and is Chairman |
*Update 2007-06-25: Corbis today launched their microstock offering, SnapVillage.
LuckyQuib9
Posted at 10:39h, 21 JuneI personally love LO’s style. If they delivered sales like Istock, I’d probly go exclusive with them.
Joe
Posted at 18:37h, 27 JanuaryThis page needs to be updated for 2012! I would really like to know who isn’t owned by Hellman & Friedman (owner of Getty Images) now.
Nicklas
Posted at 06:23h, 26 JulyPlease update this, I am desperate to find out what company’s are owned by Getty Images!