User:Tortlieb/Corbis

Corbis is a digital imaging/stock photography company founded by Bill Gates in 1989. Its headquarters are located in Seattle, Washington. Among other company operations, Corbis archives over 11,000,000 photographs and other media in a facility deep within a former limestone mine in Boyers, Pennsylvania (Butler County, Pennsylvania). The mine presents a secure and climate-controlled environment for the preservation of photographic media.



Timeline

 * 1989: Founded by Bill Gates as Interactive Home Systems. Steve Arnold named the first CEO.
 * 1992: Company renamed Continuum Productions Corporation
 * 1992: UK Office Opens (Sheffield Digital)
 * 1994: Company renamed Corbis. The word "Corbis" means woven basket in Latin.
 * 1994: Licensing business opens
 * 1995: First educational CD-ROM, A Passion for Art, published
 * 1995: Bettmann Archive acquired
 * 1995: Range agency acquired
 * 1995: Starlight Agency acquired
 * 1996: Turnley Collection acquired
 * 1996: Millionth Image added to collection
 * 1997: Steve Davis & Tony Rojas Appointed Co-CEOs
 * 1997: LGI Photo Agency acquired
 * 1997: Corbis View website launched
 * 1997: Corbis Trip website launched
 * 1998: Corbis Print & Poster Store launched
 * 1998: Digital Stock acquired
 * 1998: Westlight acquired
 * 1998: Outline Press acquired
 * 1999: Sygma acquired
 * 2000: Sharpshooters acquired
 * 2000: TempSport acquired
 * 2000: SABA Press acquired
 * 2000: The Stock Market acquired
 * 2001: Film Preservation Facility opened; Bettmann collection moved.
 * 2001: Sekani acquired
 * 2001: Corbis Newsroom site launched
 * 2001: Chicago office opens
 * 2001: Hong Kong office opens
 * 2001: Tokyo office opens with amana partnership
 * 2002: Germany, Austria and the Netherlands offices opened
 * 2002: Sekani renamed Corbis Motion
 * 2002: Web sites integrated to single site, pro.corbis.com
 * 2005: Canada, China and Singapore offices opened
 * 2005: eMotion acquired
 * 2005: zefa acquired
 * 2005: Roger Richman Agency acquired
 * 2005: image100 acquired
 * 2006: Beateworks, Beateworks@home, InsideOutPix acquired