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Company type | Public |
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SZSE: 002027 | |
Industry | Advertising |
Founded | 2003 |
Headquarters | Shanghai, China |
Key people |
Jason Jiang, Chairman Zhi Tan, CEO Mingdong Wu, CFO Congrong Chen, COO |
Revenue | $68.229 million USD (2005) |
$22.786 million USD (2005) | |
$23.548 million USD (2005) | |
Number of employees | 3548 |
Website | http://www.focusmedia.cn |
Focus Media Information Technology, formerly Focus Media Holding, is a Chinese company which operates out-of-home advertising in China which consist predominantly of digital signage screens and claims to own the country's largest Internet advertising agency.
In November 2011, Muddy Waters Research reported massive fraud and corruption within the company. [1] Focus denied the allegations. In May 2013, the company was subsequently taken private and delisted rom the Nasdaq by a private equity consortium that included FountainVest Partners, The Carlyle Group, China Everbright and CITIC Capital. [2]
In June 2015, Focus Media reached a $7.4 Billion deal to list on Shenzhen Stock Exchange via reverse merger. [3]