Corbis

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Corbis <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;">Image:Corbislogo.gif</td></tr>
Type	Private
Founded	Seattle, Washington, USA (1989)
Headquarters	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Seattle, Washington, USA <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Bill Gates, Founder Steve Davis, President & CEO</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Digital image licensing, rights services, artist representation and media management</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Slogan</th><td>Start Here</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>pro.corbis.com</td></tr>

Corbis is a digital imaging/stock photography company founded by Bill Gates in 1989. Its headquarters are located in Seattle, Washington. Among other company operations, Corbis archives over 11,000,000 photographs and other media in a facility deep within a former limestone mine in Boyers, Pennsylvania (Butler County, Pennsylvania). The mine presents a secure and climate-controlled environment for the preservation of photographic media.