Transaction structure
Gartner agreed to pay CEB shareholders cash plus Gartner shares in a transaction valued at approximately $2.6 billion.
Deal record
2017 · Strategic Acquisition
Gartner acquires CEB
The combination brought together subscription research, best-practice advisory, enterprise executive communities and an events portfolio that included Evanta.
Research completeness
100out of 100
Deep Record
A completeness measure, not an investment score. Core coverage measures identity, ownership, chronology, classification, company facts, sources and review status. Transaction announcements can also earn depth from disclosed people, providers, value, completion evidence and structured findings.
3 sources0 named people3 provider roles4 research signalsValue disclosedCompletion date
Transaction facts
- Announced
- 2017-01-05
- Evidence level
- Transaction Announcement
- Status
- Completed
- Transaction type
- Strategic Acquisition
- Seller
- Public shareholders
Underwriting signals from public records
Community adjacency
CEB combined membership-based research and decision support with executive briefings, destination events and the Evanta C-suite community business.
Scale strategy
Gartner positioned the combination as a way to serve major enterprise functions with a broader research and advisory platform.
Process evidence
The joint proxy documents the negotiation process and identifies Centerview for CEB and Goldman Sachs and Evercore for Gartner.
Publicly disclosed provider roles
| Provider | Role | Side | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerview Partners | financial adviser and fairness-opinion provider to CEB | Seller | Gartner ↗ |
| Goldman Sachs | financial adviser to Gartner | Buyer | Gartner ↗ |
| Evercore | financial adviser to Gartner | Buyer | Gartner ↗ |
Named transaction professionals
No individual transaction attribution has been added from the reviewed public sources.