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General Information

StatusPrivately Held
Websitewww.experian.com
CategoryWeb
Phone(714) 830-7000
Address 475 Anton Blvd.
Costa Mesa, CA, 92626
USA
Employees15,500
Founded1980

People

Director of Strategy & Innovation
Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
Global Chief Financial Officer
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Chief Executive, Experian Americas

Acquisitions

Total$655M
Hitwise, 4/07 1$240M
ClarityBlue, 1/06 2£85M
PriceGrabber, 12/05 3N/A
LowerMyBills, 5/05 4$330M
CheetahMail, 3/04 5N/A

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credit, creditreport

Experian

Experian (formerly known as CCN Systems) is a free credit reporting service and is considered one of the big three US credit agencies along with Equifax and TransUnion.

Experian was originally started in Nottingham, England and is now publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange.

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Comments

Jon Consumer - May 13, 2008 at 9:43am
You need to get your facts straight. Experian was formerly TRW. Experian bought CCN and added it under the Experian name.

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Sources

  1. Acquisition of Hitwise (experiangroup.com) [edit]
  2. Acquisition of ClarityBlue by Experian (experiangroup.com) [edit]
  3. Experian Acquires PriceGrabber.com (prnewswire.com) [edit]
  4. Acquisition of LowerMyBills.com by Experian for $330m plus earn-out (experiangroup.com) [edit]
  5. Experian Buys CheetahMail, Aims to Boost DM Services (dmnews.com) [edit]
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