Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 11, 2000
JONATHAN D. KLEIN is co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Getty
Images, Inc. In 1993, Mr. Klein, together with Executive Chairman Mark
H. Getty, co-founded Getty Investments LLC, which today is the principal
shareholder of Getty Images. Since that time, Mr. Klein has been
instrumental in formulating and implementing a strategy that has
resulted in Getty Images becoming the global leader in the e-commerce
delivery of high-quality visual content. Specifically, Mr. Klein helped
orchestrate the acquisition of Kodak's Image Bank collection, Tony Stone
Images, PhotoDisc and Visual Communications Group, as well as recent
image-sharing partnerships with Adobe Software and Alta Vista. Mr. Klein
is responsible, with the Executive Chairman and fellow Co-Founder Mark
Getty, for all aspects of strategy, growth and development of Getty
Images. Mr. Klein has led the company's migration of its business to the
Web and its consolidation of the highly fragmented visual content
industry. Getty Images holds the leading brands in the industry and is
using e-commerce to make the collections more accessible to customers
worldwide. From 1983 to 1993, Mr. Klein was with Hambros Bank Limited,
where he held various positions. He was named a Director and head of
Hambros' media sector in 1989. Mr. Klein serves as a Director of Getty
Investments LLC. Profile
Mr. Klein: Getty Images is the world's leading provider of visual
content. When I use the word 'leading,' I mean by any
