Cambridge Information Group

Cambridge Information Group (CIG) is a privately held global investment firm focusing on information services, education and technology. It began as a firm providing services to academic publishers. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Cambridge Information Group
TypePrivate
Industry
  • Education
  • Information services
  • Technology
Founded1971
Founders
  • Robert Snyder
  • Philip Hixon
HeadquartersBethesda, Maryland, USA
Key people
Andy Snyder (CEO)
SubsidiariesR. R. Bowker
CIG Education Group
Emerald Group Publishing
Websitecig.com

As of 2007, CIG's operating companies are ProQuest,[1] R. R. Bowker,[2] and CIG Education Group. CIG Education Group is the owner of the Sotheby's Institute of Art, and Bach to Rock music school (B2R). In 2016, CIG sold investments in Navtech and MetaMetrics. Robert Snyder's son Andrew is chief executive officer and his daughter Jill is director of communications.[3] On December 1, 2021, Clarivate bought ProQuest from CIG for $5.3 billion.[4] On June 10, 2022, CIG acquired Emerald Group Publishing.[5]

History

CIG was founded in 1971 by Robert Snyder and Philip Hixon as a result of a merger of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), Disclosure Incorporated, and National Standards Association. The latter were sold by 1993, and the core CSA reference work expanded into the social sciences, the arts and the humanities.[6]

CIG purchased R. R. Bowker in 2001 and Sotheby's Institute of Art in 2003.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Cambridge Information Group Buys ProQuest Information and Learning". Online. Mar–Apr 2007. pp. 21–23.
  2. "Cambridge information to buy Bowker". Publishers Weekly. Aug 27, 2001. p. 9.
  3. "Team". Cambridge Information Group. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  4. "Clarivate Successfully Completes Acquisition of ProQuest". PR Newswire. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  5. "New York's Cambridge Information Group Acquires the UK's Emerald Group". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  6. "Cambridge Information Group". Northern Illinois University. Retrieved June 11, 2018.


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