888 Holdings
Type Public (LSE:
888)
Industry Gambling
Founded 1997
Headquarters Suite 601/701, Europort, Gibraltar
Key people Richard Kilsby, Chairman
Gigi Levy, CEO
Revenue $246.7 million (2009)[1]
Operating income $34.4 million (2009)[1]
Net income $24.8 million (2009)[1]
Website
888holdingsplc.com
888 Holdings plc (LSE: 888) is a company which operates several high-profile gambling websites. It was founded in 1997 and is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index.
It has an operating subsidiary, Cassava Enterprises, which is incorporated and operates under the laws of Gibraltar.
Brothers Avi and Aaron Shaked owned approximately fifty percent of the parent-company through family trusts. Another pair of brothers, Shay and Ron Ben-Yitzhak, control approximately eleven percent through a family trust.[2]
