2014 US Open Champion and World No.5 Marin Cilic Joins Team Ebix and Signs Global Sponsorship Contract to Be an Ebix Sports A...
July 05 2018 - 5:01AM
Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIX), a leading international supplier of
On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance,
financial, e-governance and healthcare industries, today announced
a multiyear global partnership agreement with European Marin Cilic,
currently ranked No.5 in the ATP world rankings. Cilic signed up to
act as an Ebix, Inc. brand ambassador effective at the Wimbledon
Championship that began a few days back. With this announcement,
Team Ebix now has four Top 25 world ranked tennis players as global
ambassadors – Americans John Isner and CoCo Vandeweghe, and the
Europeans Marin Cilic and Tomas Berdych.
In addition to partnering with Ebix on customer
engagement, advertising, social and marketing opportunities both on
and off the court, Cilic will also wear an Ebix branded patch on
his athletic apparel as part of the partnership agreement.
The decision to sponsor the Croatian superstar
Marin Cilic was driven by Ebix’s growing stature as an
international brand, and Cilic being a serious contender to win any
of the upcoming Grand Slam tournaments; besides being a household
name amongst people who follow tennis across the world. Last week,
Cilic defeated the former world No.1 Novak Djokovic to win the
prestigious Queen’s Club Championships, a premier grass court event
on the ATP World Tour.
A winner of the 2014 US Open, 18 ATP World Tour
titles, and most recently a finalist at both Wimbledon 2017 and the
2018 Australian Open, Cilic achieved a career high ranking of world
number 3 in January of 2018. Marin’s other notable achievements
include being a 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist, a 2016 Davis Cup
finalist, as well as being one of the few modern era players to
have had multiple wins against the “Big Four,” Roger Federer, Novak
Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Andy Murray.
“I am honored and at the same time excited to be
a Global Sports ambassador for Ebix,” said Marin Cilic. “I look
forward to a very successful partnership with an internationally
renowned brand like Ebix and building on the successes I have
achieved over the last few years, while personifying the attributes
that I share with Ebix in terms of leadership, persistence, a
winning attitude and a drive for perfection.”
“Marin Cilic has worked really hard over the
last few years to emerge as a serious contender for each of the
Grand Slam tennis tournaments besides being a role model for tennis
fans across the world for the positive manner and sportsman spirit
with which he plays the game. We are excited to have Marin Cilic
join Team Ebix and serve as an Ebix ambassador,” said Robin Raina,
President & Chief Executive Officer of Ebix. “His record in
2018 has been outstanding having won the Runners up trophy at the
2018 Australian Open, as well as the title at the Queen’s Club
Championships. He was also a finalist at the 2017 Championships at
Wimbledon, making him a serious contender this year for the
Wimbledon trophy. I wish Marin the very best for Wimbledon and the
rest of the year.”
About Ebix,
Inc.
With 50+ offices across 5 continents, Ebix,
Inc., (NASDAQ:EBIX) endeavors to provide On-Demand software and
E-commerce services to the insurance, financial, healthcare and
e-learning industries. In the Insurance sector, the Company’s main
focus is to develop and deploy a wide variety of insurance and
reinsurance exchanges on an on-demand basis, while also, providing
Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS") enterprise solutions in the area of
CRM, front-end & back-end systems, outsourced administrative
and risk compliance, across the world.
With a "Phygital” strategy that combines 260,000
physical distribution outlets in many Southeast Asian Nations
(“ASEAN”) countries to an Omni-channel online digital platform, the
Company’s EbixCash Financial exchange portfolio encompasses
leadership in areas of Foreign exchange, domestic &
international money remittance, travel, pre-paid & gift cards,
utility payments, etc., in an emerging country like India.
EbixCash, through its travel portal Via.com, is also one of
Southeast Asia’s leading travel exchanges with over 110,000
distribution outlets and 8,000 corporate clients processing over
24.5 million transactions every year. For further details, visit
www.ebixcash.com
Through its various SaaS-based software
platforms, Ebix employs thousands of domain-specific technology
professionals to provide products, support and consultancy to
thousands of customers on six continents. For more information,
visit the Company’s website at www.ebix.com
CONTACT:
Darren Joseph678 -281-2027 or
IR@ebix.com
David Collins or Chris EddyCatalyst Global - 212-924-9800
or ebix@catalyst-ir.com
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