Paul Julius Reuter, the founder of Reuters, the world news and information organisation, died on 25 February 1899. For the modern Company, which has grown out of all recognition since its birth in 1851, it is an opportunity to take stock. When Paul Julius Reuter died in Nice, the 19th century was about to come to an end. It was a century of entrepreneurship and rapidly advancing technology, during which Reuters built a world-wide reputation for competence and truthfulness in news.
100 years later, in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century, Reuters transformed itself through bold pioneering ventures, which created a range of electronic information products for the world's rapidly growing financial markets. As it enters the 21st century, Reuters is a large, dynamic, profitable company contending for first place among world leaders in the business of information.
