The Economist Group
26 open jobsGeneral information
The Economist Group is a British media company that publishes information on international business and world affairs. It works through print, digital media, conferences, and market intelligence. Its main product is The Economist, a weekly newspaper on politics and economics. The company also publishes 1843, a lifestyle magazine, and runs the Economist Intelligence Unit, which provides market research and intelligence services. The Economist Group is based in London.
The Economist Group was founded in 1843 by James Wilson in London. Today its largest owners are Exor N.V. (43.4%), E.L. Rothschild (26.7%), and the family of Canadian businessman Stephen J. R. Smith, which bought a 26.9% stake in March 2026. The company employed 1,641 people as of 2023, a small staff for a name read worldwide.
Currently, there's a total of 32 job openings at The Economist Group. Over the last 30 days, 14 jobs were added and 28 were removed (job postings usually stay up ~37 days before being removed).1
Hiring activity
New jobs added per week2
View these weekly figures as a table
| Week beginning | New listings |
|---|---|
| July 20, 2026 | 4 |
| July 27, 2026 | 6 |
| August 3, 2026 | 0 |
| August 10, 2026 | 6 |
| August 17, 2026 | 4 |
| August 24, 2026 | 4 |
| August 31, 2026 | 1 |
| September 7, 2026 (in progress) | 1 |
Open jobs
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Notes & sources
- 1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from The Economist Group's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
- 2. Weekly counts. A count is the number of listings the pipeline saw for the first time in that week. Weeks begin Monday; the onboarding week is excluded from the scale and every average.
- 3. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on The Economist Group's own hiring system; last check September 12, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
Sources
economistgroup.com, checked daily
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