American consumer electronics company
Vizio Holding Corp. Formerly V Inc. (2002–2004) Company type Public (sale to Walmart pending)Industry Electronics Founded October 2002; 21 years ago (2002-10 ) , in Costa Mesa, California , U.S. Founders William Wang Headquarters , U.S.
Area served
North America Key people
William Wang (CEO )[1] Adam Townsend (CFO )[2] Mike O'Donnell (Chief Revenue Officer, Platform+)[3] Bill Baxter (CTO )[4] Products OLED TV, 4K UHD TVs, LCD TVs , LED TVs, soundbars , home theater in a box , QLED TV, Platform+ Revenue US$ 2.04 billion (2020[5] )Website www .vizio .com Footnotes / references [6]
Vizio Holding Corp. is an American publicly traded company that designs and sells televisions , sound bars , viewer data, and advertising. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Irvine, California .[7] In February 2024, it entered into an agreement to be acquired by Walmart , so Walmart can expand advertising sales in video content that streams for free on Vizio devices.[8]
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