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Dow Jones
COMPANY
Founded November 1882 by Charles Dow and Edward Jones. Publishers of The Wall Street Journal. Controlled by the Bancroft Family since the 1930s, in 2007 Dow Jones agreed to a $5B acquisition by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
Official Website:
http://www.dj.com/
Industry:
Business Services
Ticker:
NYSE:DJ (defunct)
Corporate headquarters:
New York City
Sales:
$1.5B (2003)
Employees:
7000 (2003)
EXECUTIVES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Hugh Bancroft |
Publisher |
13-Sep-1879 |
17-Oct-1933 |
President of Dow Jones, 1928-31 |
| Clarence W. Barron |
Publisher |
2-Jul-1855 |
2-Oct-1928 |
Wall Street Journal proprietor, 1903-28 |
| Robert L. Bartley |
Editor |
12-Oct-1937 |
10-Dec-2003 |
Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003 |
| L. Gordon Crovitz |
Publisher |
c. 1959 |
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Publisher, Wall Street Journal, 2006-07 |
| Charles Dow |
Journalist |
5-Nov-1851 |
4-Dec-1902 |
Dow of Dow Jones |
| Michael J. Embler |
Business |
c. 1965 |
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Franklin Mutual Advisers |
| Kenneth C. Hogate |
Publisher |
27-Jul-1897 |
11-Feb-1947 |
President of Dow Jones, 1931-45 |
| Karen Elliott House |
Journalist |
7-Dec-1947 |
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Publisher, Wall Street Journal, 2002-06 |
| Edward Jones |
Journalist |
1856 |
1920 |
Jones of Dow Jones |
| Peter R. Kann |
Business |
c. 1942 |
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CEO of Dow Jones, 1991-2006 |
| Bernard Kilgore |
Publisher |
9-Nov-1908 |
14-Nov-1967 |
President of Dow Jones, 1945-66 |
| Norman Pearlstine |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1942 |
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Former Time Inc. Editor in Chief |
| Warren H. Phillips |
Publisher |
28-Jun-1926 |
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Chairman of Dow Jones, 1975-91 |
| Ray Shaw |
Journalist |
28-Mar-1934 |
19-Jul-2009 |
Former President, Dow Jones |
| Richard F. Zannino |
Business |
c. 1958 |
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CEO of Dow Jones, 2006-07 |
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Rand V. Araskog |
Business |
30-Oct-1931 |
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CEO of ITT, 1979-98 |
| Jon E. Barfield |
Business |
c. 1952 |
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Chairman of Bartech Group |
| John F. Brock |
Business |
1948 |
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CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises |
| Lewis B. Campbell |
Business |
1946 |
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CEO of Textron |
| Eduardo Castro-Wright |
Business |
c. 1953 |
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Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart |
| Michael B. Elefante |
Attorney |
15-Feb-1944 |
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Partner, Hemenway & Barnes |
| John Engler |
Politician |
12-Oct-1948 |
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Governor of Michigan, 1991-2003 |
| Harvey Golub |
Business |
1939 |
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CEO of American Express, 1993-2001 |
| Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. |
Business |
12-Aug-1936 |
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CEO of Hallmark, 1986-2001 |
| Kenneth C. Hogate |
Publisher |
27-Jul-1897 |
11-Feb-1947 |
President of Dow Jones, 1931-45 |
| Vernon Jordan |
Business |
15-Aug-1935 |
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Advisor to Bill Clinton |
| Peter R. Kann |
Business |
c. 1942 |
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CEO of Dow Jones, 1991-2006 |
| David K. P. Li |
Business |
13-Mar-1939 |
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CEO, Bank of East Asia |
| M. Peter McPherson |
Business |
27-Oct-1940 |
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President of Michigan State University, 1993-2004 |
| Frank N. Newman |
Business |
20-Apr-1942 |
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CEO of Bankers Trust, 1996-99 |
| Warren H. Phillips |
Publisher |
28-Jun-1926 |
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Chairman of Dow Jones, 1975-91 |
| Paul Sagan |
Business |
c. 1959 |
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CEO of Akamai |
| Elizabeth Steele |
Business |
? |
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Main Street Landing |
| William C. Steere, Jr. |
Business |
17-Jun-1936 |
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CEO of Pfizer, 1991-2001 |
| Richard F. Zannino |
Business |
c. 1958 |
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CEO of Dow Jones, 2006-07 |
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Martin Lipton |
Attorney |
22-Jun-1931 |
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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
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