YachtWorld

YachtWorld is an online directory of several different kinds of new and used yachts for sale. YachtWorld is headquartered in the market town of Fareham, England[1] and a subsidiary of Apax Partners.

YachtWorld
TypePrivate
IndustryAdvertising
Founded1995
Headquarters
Fareham,
,
England
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsMedia
ParentApax Partners
Websiteyachtworld.com

History

YachtWorld.com was established in March 1995. In 2000 it became part of boats.com, Inc. and in September 2004, Boats.com, Inc was purchased by Trader Publishing Company,a joint business venture of Landmark Media Enterprises and Cox Enterprises. In September 2006, Landmark Media Enterprises and Cox Enterprises split the assets of Trader Publishing and YachtWorld became part of Dominion Marine Media, a subsidiary of Dominion Enterprises, LLC which was in turn a subsidiary of Landmark Media Enterprises. On August 1, 2016 Apax Partners acquires Dominion Marine Media[2] and on February 17, 2017, Dominion Marine Media (DMM) is rebranded to Boats Group, LLC.[3] Today, Sam Fulton is CEO at Boats Group which includes the leading marine brands of YachtWorld, Boat Trader, boats.com, Cosas de Barcos and YachtCloser.[4] June 1, 2017, Boats Group including YachtWorld decides Miami is the place to be, anchors headquarters.[5]

In 2012, YachtWorld launched an iPad application.[6] and in 2015 relaunched its websites to be full responsive.

YachtWorld Market Index

Boats Group, a subsidiarity of Apax Partners publishes YachtWorld Market Index. A report that provides global sales information to the marine industry. The index is released every quarter[7]

References
  1. "Company Overview of YachtWorld.com". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  2. Boating Industry (19 July 2016). "New owner for Dominion Marine Media". Boating Industry. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. Boats Group (17 February 2017). "Dominion Marine Media Announces Company Name Change to Boats Group". Boats Group. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. Apax Partners (17 February 2017). "Boats Group". Apax Partners. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. Miami Herald. "Boats Group moves headquarters". Miami Herald. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  6. "YachtWorld debuts new iPad app". Essex, CT 06426: Soundings Trade Only. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.CS1 maint: location (link)
  7. Liestman, Brianna (June 5, 2017). "YachtWorld releases Q1 2017 brokerage sales report". Boating Industry. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
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