Nielsen Company Logo — The Nielsen Company is a Dutch media conglomerate-based U.S. New York . Nielsen is active in over 100 countries and employs about 36,000 people worldwide.
The Nielsen Company is an information and media worldwide, and is one of the leading sources of market information ( Nielsen Consumer formerly ACNielsen), media information and television ratings ( AGB Nielsen Media Research ), information online (Nielsen Online), mobile devices (Nielsen Mobile), business and entertainment publications ( Billboard , The Hollywood Reporter , Adweek , R & R ).
David L. Calhoun is the CEO of The Nielsen Company. Joined the company in 2006 from General Electric . Susan D. Whiting is the Executive Vice President of The Nielsen Company and is the director of Nielsen Media Research. Whiting has been in Nielsen since 1978 and was named one of the 100 most influential women in business in New York by Crain’s New York Business in 2007.