Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Type | Owned by Providence Equity Partners (29%) TPG Capital, L.P. (formerly Texas Pacific Group) (21%) Sony Corp. of America (20%) Comcast Corporation (20%) Credit Suisse (7%) Quadrangle Group (3%) |
| Founded | April 16, 1924 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, USA (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.: Las Vegas,Nevada USA) |
| Key people | Harry E. Sloan (Chairman and CEO) |
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Products | Motion pictures Television program,TV Stations Radio Stations Malls Zoo Theme Parks Water Parks Race Circuit Clubs Cluckin Bell Burger Shot Pizza tack Tiff nuff Donuts MGM Foods Food Court Futsal revenue = |
| Employees | 1,440 (as of 2004) [1] |
| Website | http://www.mgm.com/, |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., or MGM, is an American media company. They mainly make movies and television programs. On April 8, 2005, the company was bought by a group led by Sony and Comcast along with Texas Instruments and Warner Bros..
The company is named after Samuel Goldwyn, who started the movie company.
From the 1920s through World War II, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the largest movie studio in Hollywood. They made more movies than any other studio. At its best, it released an average of one movie a week as well as many short movies and other projects from Sunrise (company).
