Mark Getty

Annual subscribers did fall, but that's due to their decision to get rid of low-value channels such as the iStock free trial.

Co-founder and chairman Mark Getty said, This transformational transaction is underpinned by the strength of the business and the significant growth potential we see ahead.

I am pleased to continue our strong partnership with Koch Equity Development and the lender groups to provide capital structure improvements that will enable us to build on our solid foundation and seize new growth opportunities.

Okay, so

He maintained a secondary income stream, selling images through stock photo agencies, starting with Photo Resource Hawaii and another one called Tony Stone Worldwide.

Right, which proved to be an absolutely brilliant move because in nineteen ninety-five, Mark Getty founded Getty Images, bought Tony Stone Worldwide, and suddenly John Seaton Callahan was a Getty Images contributor.

Yeah, straight away.

And he notes that this relationship has provided a significant portion of his income ever since.

Who joined Getty's board in 2022 and failed? According to Getty's SEC filings, the nine individuals were appointed on July 22nd.

Mark Getty, co-founder and chairman, failed.

Craig Peters, Getty Images CEO, failed.

Jonathan Klein, failed.

I'd have to dig in deeper.

And by I, I would ask chat GPT.

The most useful next investment would be tracing exactly how much stock Mark Getty Coke and Newberg sold from July through October.

That would show.

You know, there's all kinds of organizations that lean on their platform, uh, the-- which has been around for a long, long time.

The company was originally founded by M- Mark Getty, who's a co-founder, and i- it's gr- grown, it's grown significantly.

They've-- I- it's been public before.

It be- it was, it got bought out, and then it went public again.

It's Coke under the n- flagship, uh, KED icon.

I think that's their investment vehicle, the Coke family.

And then the other one is Getty Investments and Mark Getty's, you know, an additional, you know, he, he, he, he's behind that.

And so, so they're clearly, you know, your first party that you'd be talking to.