Who owns Investopedia?
Investopedia is owned by IAC (the United States, NASDAQ: IAC).[1]
Evidence: IAC Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- IAC Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York, New York
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Founded
- 1999
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Digital publishing
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: IAC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Investopedia
Investopedia was founded in Alberta in 1999 and is among the most read financial education sites in the world, explaining terms that most people first encounter when they need them urgently. It sits within IAC's Dotdash Meredith publishing arm. Its dictionary of financial terms predates most of the personal finance web, and it sits within Dotdash Meredith after IAC combined its own sites with the Meredith magazine group.
How often IAC names Investopedia in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of Investopedia
Where Investopedia sits in IAC
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by IAC
IAC controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Allrecipes (1997)
- Angi (1995)
- Care.com (2006)
- Dotdash Meredith (2017)
Other brands in digital publishing, and who owns them
The 36 brands in digital publishing on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Astro, with 4; IAC has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Astro Ulagam | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Research Exchange | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Engadget | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bossip | Urban One | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Audible | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BOOK☆WALKER | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| NAVER Blog | NAVER | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| BMC | Springer Nature | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: IAC
IAC is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States, founded in 1986. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: IAC.
IAC is Barry Diller's holding company, which has built and then spun off an unusual number of large internet businesses including Expedia, TripAdvisor, Match Group and Vimeo. What it keeps tends to be publishing and marketplaces rather than the travel and dating assets it became known for.
🇨🇦 Investopedia and other Canadian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 178 brands that began in Canada. 45 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Investopedia among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Investopedia?
The parent company of Investopedia is IAC, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Investopedia Canadian or American?
Investopedia originated in Canada in 1999, but it is owned today by IAC, which is headquartered in the United States. So Investopedia is a Canadian-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Investopedia still owned by IAC?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Investopedia is still owned by IAC. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] IAC Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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