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The Economist Group is a group of companies that sell publications and services under The Economist brand, such as The Economist
The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international relations publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in London....
 (called a newspaper for historical reasons, but to all appearances a weekly news magazine), Economist.com, Economist Intelligence Unit
Economist Intelligence Unit

The Economist Intelligence Unit is part of The Economist Group.It is a research and advisory company providing country, industry and management analysis worldwide and incorporates the former Business International Corporation, a U.S....
, Economist Conferences, Intelligent Life and The World In. The Group’s other global brands include CFO
CFO (Magazine)

CFO is a monthly magazine published by The Economist Group launched in the United States in 1985 for CFOs and other financial executives in companies around the country....
, a publication for senior financial
Finance

The field of finance refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit, although private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other organizations have become important....
 executives (CFO, CFO Europe, CFO Asia, CFO China, CFO.com), Roll Call
Roll Call

Roll Call is a newspaper published in Washington, D.C., United States. It is published Monday to Thursday when the United States Congress is in session and Mondays only during recess....
 and European Voice (aimed at decision-makers in Capitol Hill and Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
 respectively).

The Economist Group is an associate and not a subsidiary of Pearson PLC
Pearson PLC

Pearson plc is a London-based education and mass media Conglomerate . It is the largest book publisher in the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand, and the second largest in the United States and Canada....
.






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The Economist Group is a group of companies that sell publications and services under The Economist brand, such as The Economist
The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international relations publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in London....
 (called a newspaper for historical reasons, but to all appearances a weekly news magazine), Economist.com, Economist Intelligence Unit
Economist Intelligence Unit

The Economist Intelligence Unit is part of The Economist Group.It is a research and advisory company providing country, industry and management analysis worldwide and incorporates the former Business International Corporation, a U.S....
, Economist Conferences, Intelligent Life and The World In. The Group’s other global brands include CFO
CFO (Magazine)

CFO is a monthly magazine published by The Economist Group launched in the United States in 1985 for CFOs and other financial executives in companies around the country....
, a publication for senior financial
Finance

The field of finance refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit, although private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other organizations have become important....
 executives (CFO, CFO Europe, CFO Asia, CFO China, CFO.com), Roll Call
Roll Call

Roll Call is a newspaper published in Washington, D.C., United States. It is published Monday to Thursday when the United States Congress is in session and Mondays only during recess....
 and European Voice (aimed at decision-makers in Capitol Hill and Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
 respectively).

The Economist Group is an associate and not a subsidiary of Pearson PLC
Pearson PLC

Pearson plc is a London-based education and mass media Conglomerate . It is the largest book publisher in the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand, and the second largest in the United States and Canada....
. The Financial Times
Financial Times

The Financial Times is a United Kingdom international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and is printed at 24 sites....
 Limited, which is a Pearson sudsidiary, owns 50% of the share capital
Share capital

Share capital or issued capital or capital stock refers to the portion of a company's Shareholders' equity that has been obtained by trading stock to a shareholder for cash or an equivalent item of capital value....
 of The Economist Group but does not have a controlling interest. The bulk of the remaining 50% is owned by individuals including members of the Rothschild banking family of England
Rothschild banking family of England

The Rothschild banking family of England was founded in 1798 by Nathan Mayer Rothschild who first settled in Manchester but then moved to London....
. The Economist Group operates as a separate and independent business.

In 2005, the Economist Group's turnover was £197m resulting in an operating profit of £23m (£23m in 2004, £21m in 2003, £9m in 2002). Income streams are split roughly 50-50 between advertising and other areas, such as subscriptions.

In July 2004, The Economist Group launched an upmarket lifestyle magazine called Intelligent Life
Intelligent Life (magazine)

Intelligent Life is a quarterly magazine from the publishers of The Economist. It was launched in September 2007 as a quarterly publication, having previously been a summer annual....
, an annual publication. This magazine is to be redesigned as a quarterly from September 2007.

Its latest major project is the recently unveiled Project red stripe, which aims to come up with new businesses.

Governance

Current members of the board of directors
Board of directors

A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed persons who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. The body sometimes has a different name, such as board of trustees, board of governors, board of managers, or executive board....
 of the Economist Group are: Sir Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson may refer to:* Rob Wilson , British politician and entrepreneur, MP for Reading East* Rob Wilson , Canadian rap artist better known as Fresh I.E....
 (non-executive chairman), Helen Alexander CBE, Sir David Bell
David Bell

David Bell may refer to:* David Bell * David Bell , Irish soldier* David E. Bell, director of the United States' Office of Management and Budget...
, Rona Fairhead, John Gardiner, Philip Mengel, John Micklethwait
John Micklethwait

John Micklethwait is the editor-in-chief of The Economist.Micklethwait was educated at Ampleforth College and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied history....
, Nigel Morris
Nigel Morris

Nigel Morris is a businessman who co-founded Capital One with Richard Fairbank, and retired as Chief Operating Officer in 2004.He lent the Labour Party ?1,000,000 as part of the Cash for peerages affair....
, Simon Robertson, Lynn Forester de Rothschild
Lynn Forester de Rothschild

Lynn Forester, Lady de Rothschild is the chief executive officer of E.L. Rothschild, a holding company she owns with her third husband, Evelyn Robert de Rothschild, a member of the Rothschild_family....
, Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, and Chris Stibbs.

Current trustees of the company are: Lord Renwick of Clifton, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Virginia Bottomley

Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council Deputy Lieutenant, n?e Virginia Garnett , is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician....
, and Clayton Brendish. Former trustees include Lord Alexander of Weedon
Robert Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon

Robert Scott Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon, Queen's Counsel, FRSA, Hon. LLD was a United Kingdom barrister, banker and Conservative Party politician....
.

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