Boats Group

Boats Group, LLC
Type	Private
Industry	Advertising and Software
Founded	Virginia, United States (2011)
Headquarters	Miami, FL, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Sam Fulton, CEO and Ian Atkins, Chairman
Products	Media
Number of employees	150+
Parent	Apax Partners
Website	Boats Group

Boats Group is owned by Apax Partners. Boats Group is a Miami, FL-based^[1] advertising and software company for the marine industry with niche titles: YachtWorld, BoatTrader.com and boats.com.^[2] In addition to Miami, Boats Group has operations in Fareham, Padova and Barcelona.

History

Dominion Marine Media (DMM) was established in May 2011, following the bringing together of all Dominion Enterprises marine assets; Boat Trader with YachtWorld and boats.com.
In 2014, DMM acquired Cosas de Barcos.^[3]
In July 2016, Funds advised by Apax Partners announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dominion Marine Media ("DMM"), from Dominion Enterprises, a subsidiary of Landmark Media Enterprises. ^[4]
January 30, 2017, Dominion Marine Media acquires YachtCloser^[5]
On February 17, 2017, Dominion Marine Media (DMM) rebranded to Boats Group, LLC.^[6]
June 1, 2017, Boats Group will move headquarters to Miami.^[7]

↑ Miami Herald. "Boats Group decides Miami is the place to be, anchors headquarters". Retrieved 1 June 2017.
↑ Apax. "Company Information". Apax. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ Grupo Intercom. "Dominion Marine Media acquires Cosasdebarcos". Grupo Intercom. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
↑ Boating Industry (19 July 2016). "New owner for Dominion Marine Media". Boating Industry. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ "Dominion Marine Media acquires YachtCloser". Soundings. Trade Only Today. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
↑ Boats Group (17 February 2017). "Dominion Marine Media Announces Company Name Change to Boats Group". Boats Group. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
↑ Soundings Trade Only Today. "Boats Group moves headquarters". Soundings Trade Only Today. Retrieved 20 June 2017.

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