Company Name | Umg |
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Website | universalmusic.com |
Snippet | Universal Music Group (also known in the United States as UMG Recordings, Inc. and abbreviated as UMG) is an American global music corporation that is majority owned by the French media conglomerate Vivendi as Chinese tech company Tencent owns a minority stake. UMG's global corporate headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world,[3] it is one of the "Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Ten percent of Universal Music Group was acquired by Tencent in January 2020 for US$3 billion.[4][5] |
Type | Subsidiary |
Owners | Vivendi (90%), Tencent (10%) |
Country | sweden |
Founded | 1934 |
Founder | Universal Pictures |
Revenue | US$ 7.1 billion (2018)[1] |
Website | universalmusic.com |
Formerly | Decca Records (USA Business) (1934–1971), MCA Records (1971–1989), MCA Music Entertainment Group (1989–1996) |
Industry | Music, Entertainment |
Products | Music and entertainment |
linkedin.com/company/united-media-group | |
Divisions | List of Universal Music Group labels |
Key people | Lucian Grainge(Chairman & CEO) Boyd Muir(CFO) |
Net income | 9,700,000,000 United States dollar (2017) |
size_range | 201 - 500 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Predecessor | MCA Inc., PolyGram |
Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, US |
Number of employees | 8,319 (2018)[2] |
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