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Auto Trader Group plc is an automotive classified advertising business. It specialises in new and second hand automotive sales, including cars sold by private sellers and trade dealers. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. == History == The founder of Auto Trader in the United Kingdom was John Madejski in 1975, who went on to take over Reading Football Club in 1991. John Madejski brought this idea back from the USA, and set up the business with Paul Gibbons in 1977. The first Auto Trader to be established was ''Hurst's Thames Valley Trader'' in 1977. This was followed by the publication of a second title, ''Southern Auto Trader'', which launched in 1981; the business was then known as ''Hurst Publishing''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sixthings we will miss about Auto Trader Magazine )〕 European venture capitalists BC Partners bought a stake in the business from John Madejsk in 1998 for £260m; then Guardian Media Group, who had acquired ''Automart'' in 1982, merged that business with Hurst Publishing in May 2000 so creating ''Trader Media''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GMG finds £600m deal in Auto Trader )〕 In 2011 the business became the focus of an online petition by a group called the ''Motor Traders Advertising Union'', proposing a mass pull out by UK motor dealers frustrated by increases in advertising charges. Then in January 2014 Apax Partners bought the business from Guardian Media Group for £600m. In March 2014 the company rebranded and became known as Auto Trader and in March 2015 Auto Trader Group launched an initial public offering with a market capitalisation of about £2bn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Auto Trader Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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