IW's 25th anniversary: A 25-year rollercoaster ride

A tale of transformation from a Brewer Street start-up to a long-lasting media business

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This week marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of Investment Week, and the first step of the journey towards creating a long-lasting and successful business.

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of Investment Week, and the first step of the journey towards creating a long-lasting and successful business.  I remember the first issue as if it were yesterday. The story behind the launch follows my move from Money Marketing to Reuters, where I had been hired to build a new publishing business. It soon became clear that Reuters had no intention of pursuing such an ambition. This was, to be honest, a scary realisation given my wife and I had three children under five to feed. Nonetheless, I had this conviction there was a growin...

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