Summary
Graham Holdings Company, through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified education and media company worldwide. It provides test preparation services and materials; data science and training services; professional training and exam preparation for professional certifications and licensures; and non-academic operations support services to the Purdue University Global. The company also offers training, test preparation, and degrees for accounting and financial services professionals; English-language training, academic preparation programs, and test preparation for English proficiency exams; and A-level examination preparation services, as well as operates three colleges, a business school, a higher education institution, and an online learning institution. In addition, it owns and operates seven television stations; and provides social media management tools to connect newsrooms with their users, as well as produces Foreign Policy magazine and ForeignPolicy.com website. Further, the company publishes Slate, an online magazine; and two French-language news magazine websites at slate.fr and slateafrique.com. Additionally, it provides social media marketing solutions; home health and hospice services; burners, igniters, dampers, and controls; screw jacks, linear actuators and related linear motion products, and lifting systems; pressure impregnated kiln-dried lumber and plywood products; cybersecurity training solutions; digital advertising services; and power charging and data systems, industrial and commercial indoor lighting solutions, and electrical components and assemblies. The company also owns and operates 11 restaurants and entertainment venues; and engages in automobile dealerships business. The company was formerly known as The Washington Post Company and changed its name to Graham Holdings Company in November 2013. Graham Holdings Company was founded in 1877 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.
History
The Washington Post Company was founded in 1877. The first issue of The Washington Post was published on December 6, 1877, and its original headline included a call for civil service reform. In 1897, the newspaper was acquired by a Wall Street financier and publisher, Eugene Meyer. Meyer eventually made The Washington Post into one of the largest and most respected newspapers in the country. In the pas,t Graham Holdings Company has acquired a number of news media, educational, and television stations.
Mission
Graham’s mission is to provide superior integrated construction solutions throughout North America, while offering employees a challenging and rewarding career within a safe work environment and Graham’s unitholders a competitive return.
Vision
Our vision is to be the world’s premier media and services company and to be the leader in providing people with the communication, education, and health solutions they seek.
Key Team
Mr. Andrew Stephen Rosen (Exec. VP)
Mr. Jacob M. Maas (Exec. VP)
Mr. Marcel A. Snyman (VP & Chief Accounting Officer)
Mr. Scot Gillespie (CTO & VP)
Mr. Shailesh Prakash (Chief Information Officer & Exec. VP)
Ms. Pinkie Dent Mayfield (VP of Corp. Affairs & Chief Communications Officer)
Ms. Miki King (Chief Marketing Officer)
Recognition and Awards
Graham Holdings has been honored with numerous accolades over the years, including being named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune magazine in 2004 and awarded an Emmy award in 2011 for its educational programming.
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