WPP in Talks to Sell Kantar Stake to Bain Capital. The sale would mark biggest move yet by WPP Chief Executive Mark Read in the effort to revive company’s fortunes since taking the top job . By .

Bain Capital is in late-stages talks to sell Kantar's PR division for more than $100 million, sources said. Bain acquired 60% of Kantar from ad giant WPP in late 2019.

Kantar didn’t have much flexibility under WPP to buy companies and solutions to modernize its traditional market research business. “We’ve been out of the market for three or four years,” said Kantar ...

WPP (NYSE:WPP) and Bain Capital plan to split market research company Kantar Group in preparation for a sale, the Financial Times reported Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The ...

Holding company WPP announced July 12 that it planned to sell a 60% stake in market research firm Kantar to Bain Capital Private Equity. And Kantar CEO Eric Salama sees the move as a chance to go ...

WPP has agreed to sell a 60% stake in its Kantar market-research unit to Bain Capital for around $3.1 billion, and said it plans to return $1.25 billion of the proceeds to shareholders.

H.I.G. Capital is a global alternative investment firm with $67 billion of capital under management. Its headquarter are in Miami, Florida. Boston-headquartered Bain Capital purchased Kantar in 2019.

WPP has agreed to sell a majority stake of its market research company Kantar to private equity firm Bain Capital. The agency holding company confirmed on Friday that it has reached an agreement to ...

Kantar's Americas CEO has left the company as the market-research firm continues to shake up its leadership. Reed Cundiff's exit on Friday was the latest leadership change there since the ad giant ...

In 2019, ad holding company WPP agreed to sell a 60% stake in Kantar to Bain Capital Private Equity, raising about $3.1 ...

WPP said on Friday U.S.-based private equity firm Bain Capital would buy a 60% stake in Kantar, valuing the data analytics unit at about $4 billion in the proposed deal.

LONDON–Advertising giant WPP PLC said it has entered into exclusive talks to sell a majority stake in its Kantar Group market-research unit to private-equity firm Bain Capital LP in a deal that ...