Global Insight
FoundedMarch 2001
HeadquartersLexington, Massachusetts, United States
Revenue$100 Million
Number of employees
Over 700 in more than 14 countries
Websitewww.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/industry/economics-country-risk.html

Global Insight is an economics forecasting organization, serving over 3,800 clients in industry, finance and government, with revenues of over $95 million (in 2006) and employing more than 600 staff in 23 offices in 13 countries.[1] It is a division of S&P Global after its acquisition of IHS Inc.

History

Global Insight was formed in March 2001 from the merger of WEFA (formerly Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates) and DRI (formerly Data Resources Inc), together with Primark Decision Economics (later called Decision Economics, Inc.),[2] Primark Poland (later GlobalInTech, sp. z o.o.)[3][4] and the French company DAFSA; its estimated 2008 revenues were at $120 million.[5] It has since acquired several other companies, including PlanEcon, CIEMEX, Reebie Associates, and London-based World Markets Research Centre. On November 2, 2007, Global Insight acquired SupplierBusiness.[1]

Ownership and management

Global Insight was privately held, and founded by Joseph E. Kasputys, who served as its president and CEO. On September 18, 2008, IHS Inc. agreed to purchase Global Insight for $200 million.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Global Insight Acquires SupplierBusiness Limited, 7 November 2007
  2. ↑ "Company Profile: Decision Economics Inc". www.bloomberg.com/. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
  3. ↑ "History of IHS Global Insight". IHS Global Insight. Retrieved 2008-06-07. (…) GlobalInTech (formerly Primark Poland) (…)
  4. ↑ "GlobalInTech. Sp. z o.o. Oprogramowanie sieciowe i obsługa baz danych" (in Polish). Polskie Książki Telefoniczne. Retrieved 2008-06-07. The company's website, here as http://www.globalintech.pl Archived 2005-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, is dead (as of 2008-06-07).
  5. ↑ Denver Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/09/15/daily39.html
  6. ↑ "Global Insight bought in deal worth $200m". J.Y. Design Blog. 19 September 2008. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Global Insight bought in deal worth $200m: Waltham research firm now under IHS umbrella with Cambridge Energy". Boston Globe. 19 September 2008.
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