Dow jones is one of the leading companies in the world that has managed to survive for almost two decades without failure. This firm has witnessed many important events of the world and became the Dow Jones today.
Dow Jones, since the day it was established in 1882, like every other firm has always aimed a big growth in the market share. The firm have worked its way through to become the leader of its sector and achieved the aim of Dow Jones’s founders who were Charles Dow, Charles Bergstresser and Edward Jones.
The late history of Dow Jones is the reflection of two decades. During the past years of Dow Jones many employees have contributed to the success of this firm and enabled it to become the Dow Jones today. One of the keys of the recent history of Dow Jones is the continuing growth which has always been the same since establishment.
The recent history of Dow Jones comprise the years after 2000. During this period many different products and services have been added to the company and as well as adding new products and services, improvements of them have also taken place. In 2006 Factiva has been acquired and with this development business to business suite has been extended, which later became the Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group. In 2007 Dow Jones has been acquired by the most global company in the world called News Corporation and with this Les Linton has become the chief executive. Robert Thomson became the editor in chief and later he took over the managing editor of the journal. The acquirement of Dow Jones by News Corp. expanded the horizons of the company and became a part of the global media company that also includes SKY, Fox and some international newspapers from London and Sydney. In 2008 Dow Jones expanded the audiences of the journal by additional edditions in different languages such as Dutch, Arabic and Spanish.
Overall for almost two decade the firm have used the successful employees who have put a lot of effort in their works for Dow Jones and worked hard to make it become the Dow Jones today.