Rao 在尼尔森业务的几乎所有方面都拥有 23 年的丰富经验，他将带领全球受众测量、数据和分析领域的领导者迈向未来。
戴维-肯尼出任执行主席
New York – September 14, 2023 – Nielsen, the global leader in audience measurement, data and analytics, announced today that Karthik Rao has been named CEO, effective immediately. David Kenny, who has served as CEO since 2018, will assume the role of Executive Chairman.
"在我职业生涯的大部分时间里，尼尔森一直是我的家，我对这个新机会感到无比兴奋。"为我们的客户合作伙伴、广告行业和各类内容创作者提供最准确的信息是我们的唯一目标。 一个世纪前，尼尔森发明了测量技术。在此期间，受众消费内容的方式发生了多次根本性的转变，我们致力于继续与客户合作，引领这一变革。在我们应对业务前所未有的转型时期，我很幸运能与全球最优秀的业务精英并肩工作。我期待着与我们才华横溢的员工一起，将尼尔森带入下一个世纪乃至更远的未来。
大卫-肯尼说："这对尼尔森和我来说都是激动人心的一天。在过去的五年中，我有幸领导公司走过了一段不平凡的时期，其中大部分时间与卡蒂克并肩工作。随着我向新职位的过渡，我的运营职责也将结束，我将把领导权移交给一位拥有丰富经验、了解尼尔森最擅长的领域、拥有为公司的蓬勃未来定位的技能和理解力的人。我将全力支持他，并祝愿他和尼尔森的每一位员工取得巨大成功。
尼尔森由 Elliott Investment Management L.P.（"Elliott"）和 Brookfield Business Partners L.P. 以及机构合作伙伴（统称 "Brookfield"）提供支持。
自 2023 年初以来，拉奥一直担任尼尔森受众测量业务首席执行官，负责在前所未有的混乱和转型中推动和发展尼尔森的受众测量业务。他的主要工作重点是在全球所有媒体分销和消费模式中实现货币化。
在被任命为受众测量业务首席执行官之前，Rao曾担任尼尔森首席运营官。在此之前，他曾担任尼尔森投资组合的首席执行官，领导由尼尔森娱乐、尼尔森Gracenote、尼尔森品牌银行和尼尔森电信业务组成的完全独立的部门，负责全球所有市场。
Elliott 私募股权投资主管 David Kerko 说："在过去的五年中，我们一直与尼尔森保持着良好的合作关系，而在收购尼尔森近一年后，我们的合作关系更加紧密。我们已经看到了巨大的进步，我们要感谢大卫为这一成功所做的一切。Karthik 现在是尼尔森最合适的领导者，尼尔森已做好充分准备，在媒体生态系统经历巨变的时期，与媒体生态系统共同发展，并为其提供支持。Karthik丰富的行业经验、深厚的客户关系以及良好的业绩记录，使他非常适合管理这一演变，并使尼尔森的价值比以往任何时候都更加强大。
关于尼尔森
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关于埃利奥特
Elliott Investment Management L.P. manages approximately $59.2 billion of assets as of June 30, 2023. Founded in 1977, it is one of the oldest funds under continuous management. The Elliott funds’ investors include pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, funds-of-funds, high net worth individuals and families, and employees of the firm. For more information, please refer to the Elliott website at www.elliottmgmt.com.
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Brookfield Business Partners is a global business services and industrials company focused on owning and operating high-quality businesses that provide essential products and services and benefit from a strong competitive position. Investors have flexibility to invest in our company either through Brookfield Business Corporation (NYSE, TSX: BBUC), a corporation, or Brookfield Business Partners L.P. (NYSE: BBU; TSX: BBU.UN), a limited partnership. For more information, please visit https://bbu.brookfield.com.
Brookfield Business Partners is the flagship listed vehicle of Brookfield Asset Management’s Private Equity Group. Brookfield Asset Management is a leading global alternative asset manager with over $850 billion of assets under management. More information is available at www.brookfield.com.
