Multi

Multi, Inc. (NYSE: MTM) is a British-American venture capital and holding company run by Tiger Lee Clarke, formed in 2017 by the merger of Clarke Family Trust and Stainton Enterprises. It currently owns ArgosyMTM Group, HasbroNintendo Group, Wincorp, MatsuMedia, European Television Group (assets include ITV plc, RTL Group, and Mediaset), Stainton Enterprises, Royalty Restaurants, 7&K, Keurig Dr Pepper, Weigel Broadcasting, and 32% of Tegna. Multi is headquartered in the Home Plate Center in Seattle, Washington, with the British unit headquartered in the Maidstone Studios in Maidstone, England, and additional facilities in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

History
The history of Multi starts in 1993, when the British-based Clarke Family Trust merged with the satellite operator Infinity Media (itself created by the merger of the British BSB with the American PrimeStar) and the remnants of bankrupted El Kadsreian conglomerate Hughes+Coleman, forming ICHC Holdings.

In 1999 Tiger Lee Clarke acquired full control of the company; her older brother Tallon Lee Clarke also held a major stake in the company. In 2001, Clarkecorp Holdings was formed to consolidate the family’s non-ICHC assets, specifically telecoms and ISP infrastructure, such as PSINet and WebTV (both acquired in 1997 during the height of the dot-com bubble). Other Clarke assets included Windows Corporation (one of the companies created by the Breakup of Microsoft, besides MSN (later acquired by Argosy New Media) and Office (acquired by Google in 2006 to form Google Docs)), Hasbro/Nintendo Group, and Matsushita Holdings El Kadsre Limited.

In 2004, ICHC merged with United World Broadcasting, which was operating the struggling UWN network in the United States, forming ICHC/UW Communications.

In 2005, Clarke formed a partnership with Weigel Broadcasting.

In 2006, Clarke took control of various US assets being divested by Corus Entertainment, which was losing money on nearly all of its non-Canadian operations except the then-recently-acquired KMF Studios. These assets were merged into Clarkecorp Holdings, forming Argosy Communications (now ArgosyMTM Group).

Multi was formed in 2017 by the merger of the Clarke Family Trust with Stainton Enterprises. The word "multi" comes from the Greek language and means "more than one", reflecting the fact that the company has became more than just the Argosy, MTM, ICHC, Hasbro, and Nintendo brands. Multi acquired Royalty Restaurants (whose family of brands includes Burger King, Dairy Queen, KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Tim Horton’s, and Orange Julius) in 2018, along with convenience store operator 7&K, which operates the more “Western” 7-Eleven and the more “Eastern” FamilyMart/Circle K/Couche-Tard. They later acquired Keurig Dr Pepper in 2019.

In 2020, Multi went public on the NYSE under the stock ticker MTM. Reportedly, the ticker was chosen over “AMG” (standing for ArgosyMTM Group) and “MULT” (standing for Multi); it officially represents MTM Enterprises, but has been jokingly said to stand for “Multi The Megacorporation”.

In 2021, Multi acquired control of European Television Group, including ITV, RTL, and Mediaset channels.

ArgosyMTM Group

 * See ArgosyMTM Group

HasbroNintendo Group
HasbroNintendo Group was formed by Hasbro and Nintendo’s merger in 1996, and became part of the Clarke family of companies in 1998.
 * Hasbro
 * Allspark
 * Entertainment One
 * IDW Publications
 * HiT Entertainment
 * Nintendo
 * Nintendo of America
 * Nintendo of Europe
 * Subsidiary studios:
 * Game Freak
 * HAL Laboratory
 * AlphaDream
 * Valve
 * Steam

Wincorp

 * Windows Corporation (created in 2002 by Breakup of Microsoft; acquired by Clarke family in 2003)
 * Macromedia (outbid Adobe to acquire in 2008, also returning Bill Gates to a role within Windows)
 * MSN (re-acquired in 2007)
 * Google (acquired in 2005)

MatsuMedia

 * MatsuMedia EK
 * El TV Kadsre Television Network
 * Banushen Television
 * MatsuMedia Eruowood (d/b/a TechEruo)
 * MatsuMedia Wilson
 * theR

Stainton Enterprises

 * Stainton Labs
 * Creative Engineering Inc.
 * ShowBiz Pizza Time Inc. (acquired in 2015; formerly CEC Entertainment before 2016)
 * Chuck E. Cheese’s
 * ShowBiz Pizza (revived in 2016)
 * Ho-kago Pizza
 * Intellectual property rights to the Raggedy Ann and Heathcliff franchises
 * Various overseas studios acquired from other companies (such as Warner Bros and BBC)
 * Warner Music Group (acquired in 2015)
 * Stainton Transport
 * Stainton Airlines (founded 2012)
 * Stainton Railways (founded 2013)
 * Devo Inc.
 * Church of the SubGenius
 * Hertz Car Rental
 * Stainton Studios
 * Alliance Films
 * Derek Savage Productions
 * Valleycrest Productions