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
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		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		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		Publisher, Wall Street Journal, 2002-06
Edward Jones	Journalist	1856	1920	Jones of Dow Jones
Peter R. Kann	Business	c. 1942		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		Former Time Inc. Editor in Chief
Warren H. Phillips	Publisher	28-Jun-1926		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		CEO of Dow Jones, 2006-07

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rand V. Araskog	Business	30-Oct-1931		CEO of ITT, 1979-98
Jon E. Barfield	Business	c. 1952		Chairman of Bartech Group
John F. Brock	Business	1948		CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises
Lewis B. Campbell	Business	1946		CEO of Textron
Eduardo Castro-Wright	Business	c. 1953		Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart
Michael B. Elefante	Attorney	15-Feb-1944		Partner, Hemenway & Barnes
John Engler	Politician	12-Oct-1948		Governor of Michigan, 1991-2003
Harvey Golub	Business	1939		CEO of American Express, 1993-2001
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.	Business	12-Aug-1936		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		Advisor to Bill Clinton
Peter R. Kann	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Dow Jones, 1991-2006
David K. P. Li	Business	13-Mar-1939		CEO, Bank of East Asia
M. Peter McPherson	Business	27-Oct-1940		President of Michigan State University, 1993-2004
Frank N. Newman	Business	20-Apr-1942		CEO of Bankers Trust, 1996-99
Warren H. Phillips	Publisher	28-Jun-1926		Chairman of Dow Jones, 1975-91
Paul Sagan	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Akamai
Elizabeth Steele	Business	?		Main Street Landing
William C. Steere, Jr.	Business	17-Jun-1936		CEO of Pfizer, 1991-2001
Richard F. Zannino	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Dow Jones, 2006-07

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Martin Lipton	Attorney	22-Jun-1931		Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

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