Posts tagged “iac”

IAC has owned Ask.com, Match Group, Dotdash Meredith, and Angi. Its business model is simple and unusual: buy digital brands, build them up, then spin them off. Here is how it works.

IAC has built and spun off more internet brands than almost any company in history. From Dotdash Meredith to Angi to Ask.com, here is every major brand in the IAC portfolio and how they got there.

Holding companies control massive brand portfolios without making a single product. Here's how they work, how they differ from operating companies, and which holding companies own the brands you use every day.