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ZeniMax Media

ZeniMax Media Inc.
Private
Industry Video game industry
Founded May 1999; 17 years ago (1999-05)
Founders
Headquarters Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
Key people
Total equity US$2.5 billion (2016)
Number of employees
1,500+ (2017)
Subsidiaries
Website zenimax.com

ZeniMax Media Inc. is an American media company. The company is known for being the owner of Arkane Studios (developer of Dishonored and Prey), BattleCry Studios (developer of BattleCry), id Software (developer of the Doom and Quake series, and Rage), MachineGames (developer of the Wolfenstein series),Tango Gameworks (developer of The Evil Within), Bethesda Softworks (developer publisher of The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series) and ZeniMax Online Studios (developer of The Elder Scrolls Online). ZeniMax is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, with offices in Asia, Europe, Germany, France, Benelux, Australia, and Asia Pacific.

ZeniMax is partly owned by private equity firm Providence Equity Partners and German Mass media company ProSiebenSat.1 Media. Providence invested $300 million in ZeniMax in 2007 in exchange for a 25% ownership stake, and an additional $150 million in 2010 for an undisclosed amount of shares, now owning a minority stake in the company. ProSiebenSat.1 Media owns a 6.83% stake in ZeniMax as of December 31, 2015.

ZeniMax was reportedly valued at $1.2 billion, in 2007 and later rumored to be valued at $2.5 billion or more in 2016.


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