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4 unusual facts about Data Resources Inc.


Data Resources Inc.

Data Resources Inc or DRI was co-founded in 1969 by Donald Marron and Otto Eckstein.

Donald Marron

Aside from his primary role at Mitchell Hutchins, in 1969 Marron founded Data Resources Inc. together with Harvard University notable economist Otto Eckstein.

Donald B. Marron (born July 21, 1934) is a financier, private equity investor and entrepreneur, notable as the chairman and chief executive officer of brokerage firm Paine Webber from 1980 through the sale of the company in 2000, as well as the founder of private equity firm Lightyear Capital and of Data Resources Inc.

Otto Eckstein

Otto Eckstein (August 1, 1927 – March 22, 1984) was a German-born economist at Harvard University, member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1964 to 1966), and co-founder of Data Resources Inc.



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Uri Dadush

In the private sector, he was president and CEO of the Economist Intelligence Unit and Business International, part of the Economist Group (1986–1992); group vice president, international, for Data Resources, Inc. (1982–1986), now Global Insight; and a consultant with McKinsey and Co. in Europe.