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Who owns Vivid Seats?
Vivid Seats is run by Vivid Seats LLC, which its privacy page says owns and operates the site, and the publicly listed parent is Vivid Seats Inc., based in the United States. As of our check of 28 October 2026, the sources show Vivid Seats Inc. listed on Nasdaq as SEAT, based on an SEC EDGAR entry and the company's own legal pages.
Checked on by AnyFact's AI Business Check, with a fresh look at Wikidata, the LEI register and the sources linked below.
Ownership chain
From vividseats.com to its owner
Website
vividseats.com
Vivid Seats's website
Runs the site
Vivid Seats LLC
United States; named as owner and operator in legal pages
Source:vividseats.com
Top owner
Vivid Seats Inc.
Publicly listed parent, Chicago, United States; SEC CIK 1856031
Source:sec.gov
Listed on
Nasdaq: SEAT
Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
Source:investors.vividseats.com
Leaders and founders
The people behind Vivid Seats
Stan Chia · CEO
Source:corporate.vividseats.com
David Donnini · Chair of the Board
Source:investors.vividseats.com
Jerry Bednyak · Co-founder
Source:en.wikipedia.org
Eric Vassilatos · Co-founder
Source:en.wikipedia.org
What the registers say
- Register and LEI records
SEC EDGAR lists Vivid Seats Inc. under CIK 1856031 in the United States, with an address at 24 E. Washington Street, Chicago. The status is not stated. Our AI could not confirm a company number in the legal notice automatically.
Source:sec.gov
- Registry record in our check
Vivid Seats Inc. · SEC EDGAR (US) · 1856031 · status unknown
Source:sec.gov
- Wikidata, in our check
Known organisation: Vivid Seats (Wikidata), founded 2001, country United States
Source:wikidata.org
Dated, from the sources
How Vivid Seats's ownership changed
2001
Vivid Seats was founded in Chicago by Jerry Bednyak and Eric Vassilatos.
Source:en.wikipedia.org
2016
Vista Equity Partners is listed among its major investors from 2016.
Source:en.wikipedia.org
October (year not stated in snippet)
The company went public after Horizon Acquisition Corporation merged into Vivid Seats, which survived.
Not dated in sources
Vivid Seats Inc. announced the acquisition of Vegas.com.
Source:investors.vividseats.com
Our method
How to find out who is behind any other site
Read the site's own legal pages
Terms of use, privacy policy, imprint or legal notice: they name the company you contract with. For vividseats.com, the operator in the chain above comes from pages like these, from filings or from Wikidata.
Look that company up in a register
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Questions about who owns Vivid Seats
Who owns Vivid Seats?
Legal pages say vividseats.com is owned and operated by Vivid Seats LLC. The publicly listed parent is Vivid Seats Inc., which has SEC filings that refer to the site.
Sources:vividseats.comsec.gov
Is Vivid Seats an American company?
Yes, according to the sources. Wikidata gives the country as the United States and Chicago as headquarters, and the SEC entry shows a Chicago address.
Source:wikidata.org
Who is the CEO of Vivid Seats?
The company's press page names Stan Chia as CEO of Vivid Seats. The report also lists him as the one person it identified from the site, with the role of CEO. The company name in the report is Vivid Seats Inc.
Source:corporate.vividseats.com
Who founded Vivid Seats?
A search snippet from Wikipedia says Jerry Bednyak and Eric Vassilatos founded Vivid Seats in Chicago, Illinois, in 2001. The same snippet lists Vista Equity Partners (2016) among its major investors, and says GTCR bought a majority stake.
Source:en.wikipedia.org
Is Vivid Seats publicly traded?
Yes. Vivid Seats Inc. has Class A common stock listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol SEAT. This comes from a document on the company's investor site. A Wikipedia snippet adds that the company went public in October.
Who are major investors in Vivid Seats?
A Wikipedia snippet names Vista Equity Partners (2016) and GTCR among major investors. A Music Business Worldwide snippet says Eldridge Industries held a stake of roughly 41%, but gives no date in the snippet.
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