Almar Latour is a media executive and current CEO of

Dow Jones and Company Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is an American publishing firm owned by News Corp and led by CEO Almar Latour. The company publishes ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Barron's'', '' MarketWatch'', ''Mansion Global'', ''Financial News'' and '' Private ...

Early life and education

Latour grew up in the small Dutch town of

Welten Welten is a village in Heerlen, still retaining its village like appearance. A couple of landmarks remain in Welten, including a church dating back to the 11th century though restored in the 19th century, and the Weltermolen (Weltermill), a wat ...

. During his childhood education he studied German, English, Dutch, and French. Through the

Fulbright Program The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people o ...

, Latour came to the United States in 1990 to study at the

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is a public research university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. As of fall 2021, the university enrolled 7,044 undergraduates and 1,865 postgraduates, for a total enrollment of 9,009 students. The univ ...

. He graduated with Bachelor of Arts degrees in journalism and political science. He also earned a master's degree from American University.

Career

Latour began his career working at student newspaper ''The Penn'' as a feature editor, as a reporter for a newspaper at New York State's Chautauqua resort and interning at a Dutch newspaper, ''

The Washington Times ''The Washington Times'' is an American conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., that covers general interest topics with a particular emphasis on national politics. Its broadsheet daily edition is distributed throughou ...

'' and at ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

'' where his story appeared on the front page of the European edition. In 1995, Latour was hired as a news assistant in the Washington bureau of ''The Wall Street Journal''. Latour spent time in the London bureau and then moved to the New York office where he joined, and later led, the ''Journal'' technology team. Latour helped lead the transformation and redesign of the Journal's online presence, reaching 1 million digital subscribers. In 2012, Latour became the executive editor of the ''Journal'', Dow Jones, and MarketWatch. In 2016, Latour was appointed editor and publisher of the newly formed Dow Jones Media Group, later renamed as Barron's Group. As publisher he set ambitious goals for each brand. Between 2016 and 2019, ''

Barron's Barron's or Barrons may refer to: *Barron's Educational Series, a publisher of books, as well as college entrance exam preparation classes and materials, now an imprint of Kaplan Test Prep ** B.E.S. Publishing, the former owner of Barron's * ''Barr ...

'' grew its subscriber base by 125% to 299,000 subscribers.

Dow Jones CEO

On May 4, 2020, Dow Jones announced Latour would replace William Lewis as CEO. He assumed the role on May 15, 2020. On July 21, 2020, more than 280 ''Journal'' journalists and Dow Jones staff members wrote a letter to Latour criticizing the opinion pages' "lack of fact-checking and transparency, and its apparent disregard for evidence," adding, "opinion articles often make assertions that are contradicted by WSJ reporting." The letter cited examples including a June 2020 opinion piece by vice president Mike Pence that contained errors, asserting that "scrutinizing these numbers would have required no more than a Google search." He is reported to have a strained relationship with Matt Murray, editor in chief of ''

'', a Dow Jones publication.

Personal life

Latour met his wife Abby, a journalist, in Stockholm. They live in New York along with their two daughters, one of whom is Maude Latour, a singer-songwriter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Latour, Almar Living people The Wall Street Journal people News Corporation people Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumni American University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)