S&P Global Inc.

Headquarters at55 Water Street
Formerly	McGraw–Hill, Inc. (1964–1995) The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc. (1995–2013) McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. (2013–2016)
Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: SPGI S&P 500 component
Industry	Financial services
Predecessor	The McGraw–Hill Book/Publishing Companies (formerly 'The McGraw Publishing Company' and 'The Hill Book Company')
Founded	1917; 108 years ago (1917)
Founders	James H. McGraw John A. Hill
Headquarters	55 Water Street,New York City, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Martina Cheung (president &CEO)
Products	Financial information and analytics
Revenue	US$14.2 billion (2024)
Operating income	US$5.58 billion (2024)
Net income	US$3.85 billion (2024)
Total assets	US$60.2 billion (2024)
Total equity	US$33.3 billion (2024)
Number of employees	42,350 (2024)
Subsidiaries	S&P Global Ratings S&P Global Commodity Insights CRISIL S&P Dow Jones Indices S&P Global Market Intelligence S&P Global Mobility S&P Global Sustainable1 Kensho Technologies
Website	www.spglobal.com/en
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S&P Global Inc. (prior to 2016,McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and prior to 2013,The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.) is an Americanpublicly traded corporation headquartered inManhattan, New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial information and analytics. It is theparent company ofS&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Mobility, S&P Global Sustainable1, andS&P Global Commodity Insights,CRISIL. It is also the majority owner of theS&P Dow Jones Indices joint venture. "S&P" is a shortening of "Standard and Poor's".

The predecessor companies of S&P Global have histories dating to 1888, whenJames H. McGraw purchased theAmerican Journal of Railway Appliances. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing TheMcGraw Publishing Company in 1899.John A. Hill had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business, TheHill 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 TheMcGraw–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 TheMcGraw–Hill Publishing Company.^[3]

In 2009, McGraw Hill Cos. sold Business Week to Bloomberg L.P. In 1964, after Hill died, bothMcGraw–Hill Publishing Company andMcGraw–Hill Book Company merged intoMcGraw–Hill, Inc. McGraw–Hill purchasedcredit rating agencyStandard & Poor's from Paul Talbot Babson in 1966. In 1979, McGraw–Hill acquiredByte magazine from its owner/publisherVirginia 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.^[4] 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).^[5]

On October 3, 2011, McGraw–Hill announced it was selling its entire television station group to theE. W. Scripps Company for $212 million.^[6] 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 ofTime Inc. The sale included McGraw–Hill Broadcasting's stationsKERO-TV andKZKC-LPBakersfield;KGTV andKZSD-LPSan Diego;KZCS-LPColorado Springs; flagship stationKMGH-TV andKZCO-LDDenver;KZFC-LPFort Collins; andWRTVIndianapolis. On November 26, 2012, McGraw–Hill announced it was selling its entire education division, known asMcGraw–Hill Education toApollo Global Management for $2.5 billion.^[7] On March 22, 2013, McGraw–Hill announced it had completed the sale for $2.4 billion cash.^[8] On May 1, 2013, shareholders of McGraw–Hill voted to change the company's name toMcGraw Hill Financial.^[9] McGraw–Hill divested the subsidiary McGraw–Hill Construction toSymphony Technology Group for US$320 million on September 22, 2014.^[10] The sale includedEngineering News-Record,Architectural Record, Dodge and Sweet's.^[11] McGraw–Hill Construction has been renamed Dodge Data & Analytics.^[12]

In February 2016, McGraw–Hill announced that McGraw–Hill Financial would change its name toS&P Global Inc. by the end of April 2016.^[13] McGraw Hill Financial officially changed its name following a shareholder vote on April 27, 2016.^[14] In April 2016, McGraw–Hill announced that it was sellingJ.D. Power and Associates to investment firm XIO Group for $1.1 billion.^[15] 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.^[16] In November 2020, S&P Global agreed to acquireIHS Markit analytics company in a $44 billion transaction.^[17][18] In 2023, S&P sold the former IHS engineering operations toKKR & Co, which rebranded IHS asAccuris.^[19]

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.^[20]

S&P Global organizes its businesses in six units, based on the market in which they are involved:^[21]

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

S&P Global Market Intelligence is a provider of multi-asset class and real-time data, research, news and analytics toinstitutional 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, andGlobal Insight.

Launched in July 2012,S&P Dow Jones Indices is the world's largest global resource for index-based concepts, data, and research.^[22] It produces theS&P 500 and theDow Jones Industrial Average.^[23]

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.^[24]

Headquartered in London,S&P Global Commodity Insights 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 asSão Paulo, Shanghai, and New York City.

S&P Global Mobility is the parent company ofCarfax, Market Scan, Polk Automotive Solutions, and other brands.^[25] In April 2025, S&P announced plans to spin off its global mobility unit into a standalone public company.^[26]

• 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)

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 ofStandard & Poor's in 1966) and broadcasting (the 1972 acquisition ofTime-Life Broadcasting). The publishing and education assets are a part ofMcGraw–Hill Education from the company separation in 2013:

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.

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:

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

The company was based at1221 Avenue of the Americas until July 2015.^[1]The predecessor company McGraw Hill Inc. had been based at330 West 42nd Street and both have been known asTheMcGraw–Hill Building, a name originally used for a prior headquarters at 469 Tenth Avenue.

The McGraws and theGeorge 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.^[56]

Established in 1935, the McGraw–Hill Federal Credit Union originally served employees of the McGraw–Hill companies in New York City only.^[57] The credit union moved from its location inside the McGraw–Hill building toEast Windsor,New Jersey, in 2005. Its accounts are insured by theNational 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 withPentagon Federal Credit Union,^[58] completing to convert customers to those of PenFed on May 1, 2019.^[59] The East Windsor branch currently operates as a PenFed branch as of September 2019.

In 1999, theNational Building Museum presented the McGraw–Hill Companies with its annualHonor Award for the corporation's contributions to thebuilt environment.^[60]

In 2023, S&P Global was recognized in Newsweek's ranking of America's Greenest Companies 2024 for its commitment to sustainability.^[61]

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