Asatsu-DK

ADK Holdings Inc.
ADK
Native name
株式会社ADKホールディングス
Kabushiki gaisha EI DĪ KEI Hōrudingusu
FormerlyAsatsu-DK Co., Ltd.
Company typePrivate KK
IndustryAdvertising agency
PredecessorAsatsu
Dai-ichi Kikaku Co., Ltd
FoundedMarch 19, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-03-19) (as Asatsu)
January 1, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-01-01) (as Asatsu-DK)
June 14, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-06-14) (current incarnation)
FounderMasao Inagaki
HeadquartersToranomon Hills, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Shinichi Ueno (President and CEO)
OwnerBain Capital Private Equity (87% as BCPE Madison Cayman, L.P.)
Number of employees
1,925 (Dec 2011)
SubsidiariesADK Marketing Solutions
ADK Emotions
ADK Creative One
WebsiteOfficial website
Asatsu-DK's previous logo (2002–2014)

ADK Holdings Inc.[1] d/b/a ADK, formerly known as Asatsu-DK, is a Japanese advertising agency. Headquartered in the Toranomon Hills building complex in Minato, Tokyo since June 2014 (previously in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo), the firm is Japan's third largest advertising agency after Dentsu and Hakuhodo.[2] The agency has 80 offices in over 20 countries. One, Asatsu-DK Europe, was established in 1993 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Bain Capital has owned the company since 2018.

  1. ^ 株式会社ADKホールディングス, Kabushiki-gaisha Ei Dī Kei Hōrudingusu
  2. ^ "Asatsu-DK Inc. Company Profile - Yahoo! Finance". Yahoo! Finance. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2016.