--- title: "ECONOMIST NEWSPAPER LIMITED(THE) — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/70a8b349-18de-518e-b13f-ebdd9532b904 json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/70a8b349-18de-518e-b13f-ebdd9532b904 identifier: oo:GB-COH-00236383 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # ECONOMIST NEWSPAPER LIMITED(THE) **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00236383` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/70a8b349-18de-518e-b13f-ebdd9532b904 **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/70a8b349-18de-518e-b13f-ebdd9532b904 ## Cross-source identity The same real-world entity, resolved across sources: - **The Economist Newspaper Limited** — source · `gb-coh:236383` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1d777496-5e5b-449f-a9c7-14cf25e40da8 - **ECONOMIST NEWSPAPER LIMITED(THE)** — GLEIF · `lei:213800S7UDH53XSVVX07` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3ff87b2d-1fce-5711-ac5e-018f37d77fb9 ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **Lady Lynn Forester De Rothshild** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/df10b5b7-5b3c-5e6f-b85d-202b5f302038 - **Exor N.V.** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/22066d6d-96ed-4a3c-b6ee-30d7954b13a9 - **Lady Lynn Forester De Rothshild** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f620e6f-7c65-42d9-84b4-97f6f8cd76ce - **Mr Stephen John Richard Smith** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/35abe56e-d770-4722-ad95-b8cdac241d14 - **SFC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87447536-1407-4de2-a920-9da24f656786 - **Exor S. P. A.** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/77d84bb3-7b04-4379-a4f3-73c8f55b3da2 ### Holdings / subsidiaries - **THE ECONOMIST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e7a6b28d-f06b-587b-975f-4cb785c66802 - **THE ECONOMIST NEWSPAPER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2abc6a01-4a94-530e-94e2-abac2ba6ada3 - **THE ECONOMIST BOOKS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eb51700a-4d97-5eae-9086-4d4ae39b9dbe - **THE ECONOMIST GROUP (BRAZIL HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dbfb8d8c-b0be-551a-8d19-fe436bde49f3 - **THE ECONOMIST GROUP TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9f5d5395-05a5-587e-b8e8-a350fc348577 - **THE ECONOMIST OVERSEAS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/22098e2a-5b2b-5f48-8420-8d86cc6d5cb7 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **7-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. ## Company profile (live · UK Companies House) - **Company number:** `00236383` - **Status:** active - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1929-01-14 - **Registered office:** The Adelphi, 1 - 11 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6HT, England - **SIC:** 58110, 58130, 58142, 58190 ### Officers - GRUT, Oscar Kolya Meisen — secretary · Danish · appointed 2002-07-01 - BANGA, Manvinder Singh — director · British · appointed 2020-09-01 - BRADLEY-JONES, Luke — director · British · appointed 2026-08-01 - CADBURY, Georgina Sarah — director · British · appointed 2023-01-05 - DEIGHTON, Paul Clive, Lord — director · British · appointed 2018-02-21 - HEYWOOD, Suzanne Elizabeth, Lady — director · British · appointed 2015-10-16 - MINTON BEDDOES, Susan — director · British · appointed 2015-02-09 - PIACENTINI, Diego — director · American,Italian · appointed 2019-11-22 - SMITH, Stephen John Richard — director · Canadian · appointed 2026-04-27 - SULEYMAN, Mustafa — director · British · appointed 2019-06-19 - ABESSER, Susan Jane — secretary · British · appointed 2000-07-04 · resigned 2002-07-01 - BRESNAN, Patrick Richard — secretary · British · resigned 1994-12-31 - WALES, Anthony Edward — secretary · British · appointed 1995-01-01 · resigned 2000-07-04 - ALEXANDER, Helen — director · British · appointed 1997-01-01 · resigned 2008-07-15 - BAIN, George Sayers, Professor Sir — director · Canadian British · appointed 1992-12-18 · resigned 2001-12-18 - BARLOW, Frank — director · British · resigned 1999-02-16 - BELL, David Charles Maurice, Sir — director · British · appointed 2005-08-01 · resigned 2018-09-25 - CADBURY, Dominic, Sir — director · British · resigned 2003-07-11 - ELKANN, John — director · Italian · appointed 2009-07-17 · resigned 2020-07-14 - EMMOTT, William John — director · British · appointed 1993-05-11 · resigned 2006-03-31 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Sfc International Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87447536-1407-4de2-a920-9da24f656786) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2026-04-20 - [Exor N.V.](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/22066d6d-96ed-4a3c-b6ee-30d7954b13a9) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · Netherlands — since 2016-12-11 - Mr Stephen John Richard Smith — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2026-04-20 - Lady Lynn Forester De Rothshild — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · United States — ceased 2026-04-20 - Exor S. P. A. — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · Italy — ceased 2016-12-11 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00236383 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00236383 ## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable) The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent: ```bash npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure ``` Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **ECONOMIST NEWSPAPER LIMITED(THE)** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/70a8b349-18de-518e-b13f-ebdd9532b904 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ECONOMIST NEWSPAPER LIMITED(THE)**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/70a8b349-18de-518e-b13f-ebdd9532b904 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/70a8b349-18de-518e-b13f-ebdd9532b904._ _Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._