Private company

Data Resources Inc.

American economic research organization

Data Resources Inc or DRI was co-founded in 1969 by Donald Marron and Otto Eckstein. Marron is best known as the former CEO of PaineWebber and founder of Lightyear Capital. Eckstein was a Harvard University economics professor, economic consultant to Lyndon Baines Johnson and member of the Council of Economic Advisors; he is best known for the development of the theory of core inflation.2 It is part of Global Insight.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersPhiladelphia1

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Data Resources Inc or DRI was co-founded in 1969 by Donald Marron and Otto Eckstein. Marron is best known as the former CEO of PaineWebber and founder of Lightyear Capital. Eckstein was a Harvard University economics professor, economic consultant to Lyndon Baines Johnson and member of the Council of Economic Advisors; he is best known for the development of the theory of core inflation.2

Corporate structure

Data Resources Inc. is part of a group headed by S&P Global. 346 entities, 46 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • S&P Global New York, New York, United States
    • CRISIL Mumbai, India
      • COALITION DEVELOPMENT LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
      • CRISIL RATINGS LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
    • IHS Inc. London
    • IHS Markit London, United Kingdom
      • Economics & Country Risk Subsidiary
      • IHS Markit Energy & Natural Resources Subsidiary
      • IHS MARKIT EQUITY INVESTMENTS LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • CTB/McGraw-Hill Subsidiary
    • J. D. Power and Associates Subsidiary · Westlake Village
    • McGraw-Hill Education Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
    • National Radio Institute Subsidiary · Washington, D.C.
    • S&P Capital IQ Subsidiary · New York City
    • S&P Global Ratings Subsidiary · New York City
    • Agra CEAS Consulting Bureau Européen de Recherches S.A Subsidiary · Belgium
    • Agra Ceas Consulting Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • AMM Holding Corp. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • ARC Research Limited Subsidiary · Guernsey
    • BBHCP CTI Holdco, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • BRC Ratings - S&P Global S.A. Sociedad Calificadora de Valores Subsidiary · Colombia
    • Bridge to India Energy Private Limited Subsidiary · India
    • BSE INDEX SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
    • Cappitech Regulation Ltd Subsidiary · Israel
    • Captec Systems Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Carfax Admin LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Carfax Advisory Services LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Carfax Canada ULC Subsidiary · Canada
    • Carfax Europe GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
    • CARFAX HISTORIAL DE VEHICULOS SL Subsidiary · Spain
    • Carfax Italia S.R.L. Subsidiary · Italy
    • and 299 more

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The story

1979: Eckstein and Marron sold DRI to McGraw-Hill for over $100 million Joseph Kasputys was named president in 1981.

1984: After Eckstein's death, DRI was slow to adopt new technology. DRI was wed to mainframe computers when the industry was moving this kind of analytic work to personal computers.

1987: Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates (WEFA) merged with Chase Econometrics, a competitor to DRI and WEFA.

2001: DRI merged with WEFA to form Global Insight.

2008: Global Insight was bought by IHS Inc., thus inheriting 50 years of experience and more than 200 full-time economists, country risk analysts, and consultants.

From Wikipedia’s article on Data Resources, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. Mar 2001Acquired Acquired by Global Insight1
  2. 1979Acquired Acquired by S&P Global1

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