Nielsen Holdings

Nielsen Holdings plc

Trade name	The Nielsen Company
Company type	Private
Traded as	NYSE: NLSN
ISIN	GB00BWFY5505
Industry	Media
Founded	August 24, 1923; 101 years ago (1923-08-24)
Founder	Arthur Nielsen
Headquarters	New York City, U.S.
Key people	David Kenny (executive chairman) Karthik Rao (CEO)[1] Warren Jenson (CFO)[2]
Products	Audience measurement Media research
Revenue	US$3.5 billion (2021)[3]
Operating income	US$872 million (2021)[3]
Net income	US$963 million (2021)[3]
Total assets	US$10.8 billion (2021)[3]
Total equity	US$3.3 billion (2021)[3]
Owner	Elliott Investment Management
Number of employees	c. 15,000 (December 2021)[3]
Subsidiaries	Gracenote, Nielsen Audio, AGB Nielsen Philippines, Rhiza, Nielsen Media Research, The Demand Institute
Website	nielsen.com

Nielsen Holdings plc (or Nielsen) is an American media audience measurement firm. Nielsen operates in over 100 countries and employs approximately 15,000 people worldwide.

For most of its history, the company was known for its two subsidiaries, Nielsen Media Research, which was responsible for TV ratings, and AC Nielsen, which was responsible for consumer shopping trends and box-office data. Nielsen Media Research later evolved into Global Media division and the AC Nielsen later evolved into Global Connect division. The company later decided to retain its Global Media division and divested the Global Connect division (NielsenIQ, the former AC Nielsen) to private equity firm Advent International in March 2021.^[4]

The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and used to be a component of the S&P 500.^[5]