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Barry Diller , CEO/Chairman of the Board/Director
Industry: Retail
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Barry Diller, CEO/Chairman of the Board/Director

555 West 18th Street

New York, NY 10011

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Phone: (212) 314-7300

Fax: (212) 314-7399

www.iac.com

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InterActiveCorp

Barry Diller
Industry:
Retail
Biography:
Mr. Diller, age 65, has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp (an information, entertainment … View More

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
If you have a hard time finding a history for InterActiveCorp, it may be because IAC, created by former Hollywood mogul Barry Diller in 1995, has gone through no fewer than four name changes in the past 10 years.
The basis for the company was the Home Shopping Network and its distribution arm, Silver King Communications, both acquired by Diller in 1995 with funding from cable TV provider TCI. Then came a decade-long series of acquisitions within the online-travel, entertainment, and real estate sectors. Soon enough, the company that had taken the name of its TV network (it acquired USA in 1998) was looking very much like an internet conglomerate. In 2002, Diller sold off the television properties to Vivendi so that he could focus solely on his internet properties. And in 2004, to reflect that shift, what was by then called USA Interactive took the name InterActiveCorp.

WHAT THEY DO
IAC brings in billions of dollars in transaction fees for products and services purchased online and over the phone. Diller has demonstrated a knack for developing businesses in industries that are being transformed by the internet. Under his direction, IAC has acquired more than 65 brands, with a combined (and growing) worldwide audience of 235 million.

IAC organizes its businesses into five areas: Retailing (including shopping networks HSN and HSN International); Services (including travel agent Expedia, Ticketmaster, Hotels.com, and others); Media & Advertising (including Evite, Ask.com, and Citysearch); Membership & Subscriptions (including Match.com); and Emerging Businesses (where new acquisitions like CollegeHumor.com are incubated).

WHAT THEY NEED TO FIX
Diller’s record-breaking $295 million in compensation for 2005 is one reason that Institutional Shareholder Services, which ranks companies based on their corporate governance, gave IAC its lowest rating last year. The finding has concerned investors, as I.S.S. studies have shown that better corporate governance may result in lower risk, increased profitability, and higher valuations for companies.

There are other reasons for investors to be concerned: In addition to recently declining margins, the company has seen profit growth slow for its secret weapon and cash cow, HSN.

WHAT’S NEXT
Diller admits that he makes up IAC’s business plan as he goes along—a reaction to the ever changing internet environment. For years he relied on mergers and acquisitions to spur IAC growth. Now he’s turned his focus toward expanding the company’s existing businesses, having said he plans to invest “a couple hundred million” dollars on in-house content creation to support those units.

The Emerging Businesses group has already begun to reveal some of its efforts, including AskCity (an extension of IAC’s search engine Ask.com) and Very Short List, a daily pop-culture email that seeks to capitalize on the trail blazed by other lists like DailyCandy. IAC’s Media & Advertising group recently announced a partnership with the Huffington Post to be the exclusive seller of that website’s advertising inventory. Diller hopes these efforts will quell investor concerns about lower near-term margin expectations, lack of profit growth for HSN, and the outlook for cash flow in 2007. —Eileen Soltes

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Employees

Number of Employees: 17,000
Revenue per Employee: $383,637

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Income Statement 11/2008 07/2008 05/2008 02/2008
Sales 346.58 Mil. 1.06 Bil. 861.29 Mil. 1.02 Bil.
Gross Operating Profit 22.7 Mil. 536.09 Mil. 741.06 Mil. 843.77 Mil.
Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA) -203.24 Mil. -11.8 Mil. 150.07 Mil. 222.58 Mil.
Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT) -81.6 Mil. -357.74 Mil. 99 Mil. 122.46 Mil.
Total Net Income -14.84 Mil. -421.11 Mil. 52.82 Mil. -369.89 Mil.
Basic EPS, Total -0.01 -1.59 0.18 -1.36
Diluted EPS, Total -0.01 -1.59 0.18 -1.36

BALANCE STATEMENT 11/2008 07/2008 05/2008 02/2008
Cash and Equivalents 1.34 Bil. 1.43 Bil. 1.23 Bil. 1.59 Bil.
Total Assets 1.77 Bil. 2.83 Bil. 2.81 Bil. 3.29 Bil.
Total Liabilities 404.72 Mil. 1.6 Bil. 1.73 Bil. 1.69 Bil.
Total Capitalization 4.25 Bil. 9.02 Bil. 9.36 Bil. 9.42 Bil.

Cash Flow 11/2008 07/2008 05/2008 02/2008
Net Cash From Continuing Operations 147.36 Mil. NA 151.31 Mil. 879.1 Mil.
Net Cash From Investing Activities 469.38 Mil. NA -353.8 Mil. 72.82 Mil.
Net Cash From Financing Activities -57.29 Mil. NA -159.6 Mil. -800.56 Mil.
Net Change in Cash & Cash Equivalents -243.19 Mil. NA -351.25 Mil. 157.16 Mil.

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Income Statement 2008 2007 2006 2005
Sales 3.37 Bil. 3.19 Bil. 3.13 Bil. 2.82 Bil.
Gross Operating Profit 3 Bil. 3.09 Bil. 2.63 Bil. 3.37 Bil.
Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA) 711.01 Mil. 848.36 Mil. 1.01 Bil. 1.28 Bil.
Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT) 1 Bil. 359.67 Mil. 1.07 Bil. 466.06 Mil.
Total Net Income -144.07 Mil. 192.64 Mil. 876.15 Mil. 164.86 Mil.
Basic EPS, Total -0.72 0.57 2.64 0.5
Diluted EPS, Total -0.72 0.55 2.46 0.46

BALANCE STATEMENT 2008 2007 2006 2005
Cash and Equivalents 1.59 Bil. 1.43 Bil. 987.08 Mil. 1.16 Bil.
Total Assets 3.29 Bil. 3.81 Bil. 3.99 Bil. 4.88 Bil.
Total Liabilities 1.69 Bil. 2.25 Bil. 2.23 Bil. 2.65 Bil.
Total Capitalization 9.42 Bil. 9.63 Bil. 10.41 Bil. 15.4 Bil.

Cash Flow 2008 2007 2006 2005
Net Cash From Continuing Operations 879.1 Mil. 832.19 Mil. -72.3 Mil. 1.27 Bil.
Net Cash From Investing Activities 72.82 Mil. 481.09 Mil. 2.08 Bil. -753.19 Mil.
Net Cash From Financing Activities -800.56 Mil. -892.45 Mil. -2.75 Bil. -259.65 Mil.
Net Change in Cash & Cash Equivalents 157.16 Mil. 441.06 Mil. -12.62 Mil. 258.4 Mil.

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