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4 unusual facts about Crain's Chicago Business


Crain Communications

Crain's Chicago Business — First published in 1978, Crain’s Chicago Business is a weekly newspaper that provides local business news and information to Chicago’s business executives.

Crain's Chicago Business

Crain's was originally planned to publish every other week, but with the demise of the Chicago Daily News that year, those creating Crain's decided to make it a weekly publication, using the end of the Daily News for marketing purposes and also drawing on editorial talent from the failed paper.

While Steve Yahn was Crain's founding editor, Dan Miller was quickly picked up from the failed Chicago Daily News staff and named editor in November of 1978.

Lori Healey

Crain's Chicago Business featured Healey in its "Forty Under Forty" publication in 1999 and as a "Woman to Watch" in 2009.


Amyt Datta

Trilok Gurtu, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, VJ Traven, Subhen Chatterjee Amit Chatterjee, Louiz Banks, George Brooks, Pete Lockett, Carl Clements, Ranjit Barot, Nicolas Fiszman, Amit Heri, Pam Crain, Bickram Ghosh, Abhijit Bannerjee, Tanmoy Bose, Greg Ellis, V Suresh, D-For-Brother,

Base CRM

Base has been recognized by many publications- including Forbes, Crain's Chicago Business, ReadWrite, and The Next Web-for its intuitiveness, mobility and clean design.

Craig Foltin

Foltin has been featured in Cleveland Magazine, Inside Business, Crain's Cleveland Business and was a frequent guest of several Cleveland market morning and afternoon drive radio shows.

Crain Communications

G D. Crain died in 1973 and was succeeded by his widow, Gertrude Crain, who chaired the company until 1996.

Gertrude Crain

Gertrude Ramsay Crain (9 March 1911 – July 20, 1996) was an American publishing executive who served as chair of Crain Communications, Inc., a company her husband, G.D. Crain, Jr., founded in 1916.

Hugh Crain

In Shirley Jackon's novel, The Haunting of Hill House, Hugh Crain built Hill House eighty years ago as a country home for his small family, with the initial desire of seeing his children and grandchildren grow up in comfortable luxury, and where he hoped to spend his last days.

Jason Crain

Crain is currently an assistant coach, under Dan Cousineau, with the Major Bantam Ohio AAA Blue Jackets of the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League.

Jenny Crain

USA Track & Field started a Jenny Crain Mentoring Program which helps maximize opportunities and resources for developing athletes, a mentoring role that Crain wholeheartedly fostered during her competitive days.

John L. Crain

In 1992 Crain received the Southeastern President's Award for Excellence in Research; by 2009, on being named president, he had authored 63 refereed journal articles.

Piranha Press

After the initial 1989 titles were art directed by John Workman, the in-house Piranha production design was by Bhob Stewart from 1989 to 1992, with other design contributions by Dale Crain, Rick Spanier, Richard Bruning, Veronica Carlin, Margaret Clark and Rick Keene.

Samantha Crain

Crain has lent her voice to recordings for Murder By Death, Ali Harter, Matt Hopper, Penny Hill, Small Houses, Beau Jennings, Parker Millsap, and others.

William H. Crain

Crain was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1885, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 10, 1896.

Woods Fund of Chicago

Barack Obama - (Director 1994–2002) - Associate (1993–1996), Of counsel (1997–2004), Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland; Lecturer (1992–1996), Senior Lecturer (1996–2004), University of Chicago Law School; Illinois State Senator (1997–2004); winner (1993), Crain's Chicago Business "40 Under 40" award; former President (1990–1991), Harvard Law Review; former Executive Director (1985–1988), Developing Communities Project


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