In April 2007,Forbes Media acquired Investopedia.com for an undisclosed amount. At the time of the acquisition, Investopedia drew about 2.5 million monthly users and provided a financial dictionary with about 5,000 terms regardingpersonal finance, banking and accounting. It also provided articles byfinancial advisers and astock market simulator.[5][6]
In August 2010,Forbes sold Investopedia toValueClick for US$42 million. By then, the site had grown to more than 30,000 pieces of content and reached 2.2 million unique visitors per month.[7][8] In 2013, ValueClick would then sell Investopedia and a group of other properties toIAC for $80 million.[9] Following the acquisition by IAC, Investopedia launched several initiatives, including Investopedia Academy to selleducational technology.[10] Investopedia operates under the discretion of CEO Neil Vogel.[11]
In March 2015, David Siegel, an alum ofSeeking Alpha, was hired asCEO of Investopedia.[12]Caleb Silver was hired fromCNN to oversee content operations for the platform in January 2016.[13] Investopedia's list of the most "influential"financial advisers in the United States was launched in June 2017.[14]
In July 2018, Investopedia joined theDotdash family of brands and laid off 1/3 of its staff, or 36 people.[15] The site underwent a rebranding and relaunch later in the year.[16] In early 2019, the site announced the winners of its inauguralonline broker androbo-advisor awards.[17][18]
In 2020,editor-in-chief Silver described Investopedia's goal as "providing context around the news," rather than breaking new stories.[1] The site launched its first podcast,The Investopedia Express, hosted by Silver, in September 2020.[19]
Silver also frequently appears as a guest financial expert on a variety of broadcast and radio programs, includingMSNBC,ABC News andNBC.[20]
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