S&P Global

S&P Global Inc. (prior to 2016, McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and prior to 2013, The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.) is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial information, analytics, and energy and commodities intelligence. It is the parent company of S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Energy, S&P Global Market Intelligence, and S&P Global Mobility, as well as the Indian credit rating agency CRISIL. It is also the majority owner of the S&P Dow Jones Indices joint venture. "S&P" is a shortening of "Standard and Poor's".

Corporate history

The predecessor companies of S&P Global have histories dating to 1888, when James H. McGraw purchased the American Journal of Railway Appliances. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The McGraw Publishing Company in 1899. John A. Hill had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business, The Hill Publishing Company. In 1909, both men, having known each other's interests, agreed upon an alliance and combined the book departments of their publishing companies into The McGraw–Hill Book Company. John Hill served as president, with James McGraw as vice-president. In 1917, the remaining parts of each business were merged into The McGraw–Hill Publishing Company.<ref name="mcgraw-history0">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2009, McGraw Hill Cos. sold Business Week to Bloomberg L.P. In 1964, after Hill died, both McGraw–Hill Publishing Company and McGraw–Hill Book Company merged into McGraw–Hill, Inc. McGraw–Hill purchased credit rating agency Standard & Poor's from Paul Talbot Babson in 1966. In 1979, McGraw–Hill acquired Byte magazine from its owner/publisher Virginia Williamson, who then became a vice-president of McGraw–Hill. In 1986, McGraw–Hill bought out competitor The Economy Company, then the United States' largest publisher of educational material. The buyout made McGraw–Hill the largest educational publisher in the United States.<ref name="TJR">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1994, McGraw–Hill's broadcasting division signed a deal with ABC, due partly to the fact that its stations in San Diego (KGTV) and Indianapolis (WRTV) had already been aligned with the network, and that Denver (KMGH-TV) and Bakersfield (KERO-TV) joined the ABC family. (Bakersfield sister station KERO-TV was also involved in the deal between McGraw–Hill and ABC; however, that station had to wait for its affiliation contract with CBS to expire in March 1996, before it could finally switch to ABC).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On October 3, 2011, McGraw–Hill announced it was selling its entire television station group to the E. W. Scripps Company for $212 million.<ref>"McGraw–Hill Sells TV Group To Scripps", TVNewsCheck, October 3, 2011.</ref> The sale was completed on December 30, 2011. It had been involved in broadcasting since 1972, when it purchased four television stations from a division of Time Inc. The sale included McGraw–Hill Broadcasting's stations KERO-TV and KZKC-LP Bakersfield; KGTV and KZSD-LP San Diego; KZCS-LP Colorado Springs; flagship station KMGH-TV and KZCO-LD Denver; KZFC-LP Fort Collins; and WRTV Indianapolis. On November 26, 2012, McGraw–Hill announced it was selling its entire education division, known as McGraw–Hill Education to Apollo Global Management for $2.5 billion.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On March 22, 2013, McGraw–Hill announced it had completed the sale for $2.4 billion cash.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> On May 1, 2013, shareholders of McGraw–Hill voted to change the company's name to McGraw Hill Financial.<ref name="investor.mhfi.com">Template:Cite web</ref> McGraw–Hill divested the subsidiary McGraw–Hill Construction to Symphony Technology Group for US$320 million on September 22, 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The sale included Engineering News-Record, Architectural Record, Dodge and Sweet's.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> McGraw–Hill Construction has been renamed Dodge Data & Analytics.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In February 2016, McGraw–Hill announced that McGraw–Hill Financial would change its name to S&P Global Inc. by the end of April 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> McGraw Hill Financial officially changed its name following a shareholder vote on April 27, 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In April 2016, McGraw–Hill announced that it was selling J.D. Power and Associates to investment firm XIO Group for $1.1 billion.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On August 3, 2020, S&P Global Platts launched S&P Global Platts Analytics fundamental oil information on the redesigned S&P Global Platts Developer Platform. The Platts Developer Platform offers customers with quick exposure to product price databases, business statistics and insights at the pace of market changes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In November 2020, S&P Global agreed to acquire IHS Markit analytics company in a $44 billion transaction.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2023, S&P sold the former IHS engineering operations to KKR & Co, which rebranded IHS as Accuris.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In October 2025, S&P Global announced a deal to buy markets data and analytics firm With Intelligence for $1.8 billion, which is expected to bolster S&P's presence in private markets. The transaction is expected to close in 2025 or early 2026.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Corporate organization

S&P Global organizes its businesses in six units, based on the market in which they are involved:<ref name=Merger>Template:Cite web</ref>

S&P Global Ratings

Template:Main S&P Global Ratings provides independent investment research including ratings on various investment instruments.

S&P Global Market Intelligence

S&P Global Market Intelligence is a provider of multi-asset class and real-time data, research, news and analytics to institutional investors, investment and commercial banks, insurance companies, investment advisors and wealth managers, corporations, and universities. Subsidiaries and brands include Capital IQ, EViews, Journal of Commerce, Panjiva, and Global Insight.

S&P Dow Jones Indices

Launched in July 2012, S&P Dow Jones Indices is the world's largest global resource for index-based concepts, data, and research.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It produces the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

S&P Dow Jones Indices calculates over 830,000 indices, publishes benchmarks that provide the basis for 575 ETFs globally with $387 billion in assets invested, and serves as the DNA for $1.5 trillion of the world's indexed assets.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

S&P Global Energy

Headquartered in London, S&P Global Energy, formerly Platts, is a provider of information and a source of benchmark price assessments for the commodities, energy, petrochemicals, metals, and agriculture markets. It has offices in more than 15 cities, including major energy centres such as London, Tokyo, Dubai, Singapore, and Houston, and international business centres such as São Paulo, Shanghai, and New York City.

S&P Global Mobility

S&P Global Mobility is the parent company of Carfax, Market Scan, Polk Automotive Solutions, and other brands.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In April 2025, S&P announced plans to spin off its global mobility unit into a standalone public company.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Presidents of the company

• James H. McGraw (1917–1928)
• Johnathan Heflin (1928–1948)
• James McGraw Jr. (1948–1950)
• Curtis W. McGraw (1950–1953)
• Donald C. McGraw (1953–1968)
• Shelton Fisher (1968–1974)
• Harold McGraw Jr. (1974–1983)
• Joseph Dionne (1983–1998)
• Harold W. McGraw III (1998–2013)
• Douglas L. Peterson (2013–2024)
• Martina Cheung (2024–present)

Acquisitions

During the course of its history, McGraw Hill and from 2016 S&P Global has expanded significantly through acquisition, not just within the publishing industry but also into other areas such as financial services (the purchase of Standard & Poor's in 1966) and broadcasting (the 1972 acquisition of Time-Life Broadcasting). The publishing and education assets are a part of McGraw–Hill Education from the company separation in 2013:

Date of acquisition	Asset acquired	Industry
1920	Newton Falls Paper Company<ref name="mcgraw-history1">Template:Cite web</ref>	-
1928	A.W. Shaw Company<ref name="mcgraw-history1" />	Publisher of magazines and textbooks
1950s	Gregg Company<ref name="mcgraw-history1" />	Publisher of vocational textbooks
1953	Companies of Warren C. Platts, including Platts<ref name="mcgraw-history1" /><ref name="plattshistory">Template:Cite web</ref>	Publisher of petroleum industry information
1954	Blakiston, from Doubleday<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Publisher of medical textbooks
1961	F.W. Dodge Corporation<ref name="mcgraw-history2">Template:Cite web</ref>	Publisher of construction industry information
1965	California Test Bureau<ref name="mcgraw-history1" />	Developer of educational testing systems
1966	Standard & Poor's<ref name="mcgraw-history2" />	Financial Services
1966	Shepard's Citations<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Legal publisher
1968	National Radio Institute	Correspondence School
1970	The Ryerson Press	Educational and trade publishing
1972	Television Stations of Time Life Broadcasting<ref name="mcgraw-history2" />	Broadcasting
1979	Data Resources Inc.	Economic data, models and consulting
1986	The Economy Company<ref name="TJR"/>	Educational publishing
1988	Random House Schools and Colleges<ref name="mcgraw–Hillannounce2">Template:Cite news</ref>	Educational publishing
1996	Times Mirror Higher Education<ref name="mcgraw-hillannounce">Template:Cite news</ref>	Educational publishing
1993	Macmillan/McGraw–Hill School Publishing Company<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Educational publishing
1997	Micropal Group Limited<ref name="mcgraw-hillannounce1">Template:Cite web</ref>	Financial Services
1999	Appleton & Lange<ref name="appletonlangeannounce">Template:Cite web</ref>	Publisher of medical information
2000	Tribune Education, including NTC/Contemporary<ref name="tribuneannounce">Template:Cite web</ref>	Publisher of supplementary educational materials
2001	Mayfield Publishing Company<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Publisher of humanities and social science textbooks
2004	Capital IQ<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Company information aggregation
2005	J.D. Power & Associates<ref name="jdpowerannounce">Template:Cite web</ref>	Marketing information provider
2015	SNL Financial<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Financial News
2018	Kensho Technologies<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Artificial Intelligence
2019	451 Research<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Global IT research and advisory
2022	IHS Markit<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Information Provider
2022	The Climate Service<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Information Provider
2023	ChartIQ<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Charting Provider
2023	Tradenet<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Vessel-Tracking Platform
2023	TruSight Solutions LLC <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Third-party Risk Assessments
2023	Market Scan Information Systems, Inc <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Automative Data Provider
2024	Visible Alpha <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Consensus Estimates Data
2024	World Hydrogen Leaders<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Hydrogen Information Provider

This list only includes acquisitions made by McGraw–Hill, not its subsidiaries. McGraw–Hill typically does not release financial information regarding its acquisitions or divestitures.

Divestitures

After acquiring a portfolio of diverse companies, McGraw Hill later divested itself of many units to form McGraw Hill Financial which is now S&P Global:

Date of divestiture	Asset relinquished	Industry
1996	Shepard's legal publisher to Times Mirror<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Publishing
2009	Vista Resources to Guidepoint Global<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Expert Networks
2011	Television station group to the E. W. Scripps Company	Broadcasting
2013	McGraw–Hill Education to Apollo Global Management	Publishing
2013	Aviation Week to Penton<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>	Publishing
2014	McGraw–Hill Construction to Symphony Technology Group	Publishing
2016	J.D. Power & Associates to XIO Group	Marketing information provider
2016	Equity Research Group to CFRA<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>	Equity research

This list only includes divestitures made by McGraw–Hill, not its subsidiaries.

McGraw–Hill Building

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1221 Avenue of the Americas, former McGraw–Hill headquarters

Template:Main The company was based at 1221 Avenue of the Americas until July 2015.<ref name="The Wall Street Journal" /> The predecessor company McGraw Hill Inc. had been based at 330 West 42nd Street and both have been known as The McGraw–Hill Building, a name originally used for a prior headquarters at 469 Tenth Avenue.

Connection to the family of George W. Bush

The McGraws and the George W. Bush family have close ties dating back several generations. Harold McGraw Jr. (deceased) was a member of the national grant advisory and founding board of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.<ref name="Bushes">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

McGraw–Hill Federal Credit Union

Established in 1935, the McGraw–Hill Federal Credit Union originally served employees of the McGraw–Hill companies in New York City only.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The credit union moved from its location inside the McGraw–Hill building to East Windsor, New Jersey, in 2005. Its accounts are insured by the National Credit Union Administration. It provides savings, checking accounts, CDs, money-market accounts, IRAs, credit cards, auto loans, and home mortgages. In February 2019, the credit union announced plans to merge with Pentagon Federal Credit Union,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> completing to convert customers to those of PenFed on May 1, 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The East Windsor branch currently operates as a PenFed branch as of September 2019.

Awards

In 1999, the National Building Museum presented the McGraw–Hill Companies with its annual Honor Award for the corporation's contributions to the built environment.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2023, S&P Global was recognized in Newsweek's ranking of America's Greenest Companies 2024 for its commitment to sustainability.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

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