Trader Corporation

43°38′44″N 79°33′59″W / 43.645628°N 79.566323°W / 43.645628; -79.566323

TRADER Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryClassified advertising, automotive
PredecessorTrader Classified Media (Classified Media Holdings Inc., Trader Media Corp.)
FoundedJune 2006; 18 years ago (2006-06)
FounderJohn MacBain
Headquarters,
Canada
Area served
Canada
Key people
Sebastian Baldwin (CEO)[1]
ProductsAutoTrader.ca, AutoHebdo.net, Autos.ca,[2] dealer products
OwnerThoma Bravo[3]
Websitego.trader.ca

Trader Corporation is a Canadian technology company based in Toronto specializing in classified automotive advertising. The company's flagship product is AutoTrader, an online marketplace for buying and selling new and used vehicles. The company is owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo. The company was originally a part of Trader Classified Media, which was founded in 1987 by John MacBain. Trader Corporation’s current CEO and President is Sebastian Baldwin.

  1. ^ "Management Team". TRADER. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  2. ^ "About Us". Autos.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  3. ^ Bravo, Thoma. "Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of TRADER". www.thomabravo.com. Retrieved 2019-05-02.