TheStreet
US financial news and financial literacy website
TheStreet is a financial news and financial literacy website. It is a subsidiary of The Arena Group. The company provides both free content and subscription services such as TheStreet Pro, a stock recommendation portfolio managed by Chris Versace. TheStreet was founded by Marty Peretz and Jim Cramer, and the site boasted numerous notable former contributors, including Aaron Task, Herb Greenberg, and Brett Arends.
History
20th century
TheStreet, Inc., formerly TheStreet.com, Inc., was co-founded in 1996 by Jim Cramer and Marty Peretz. It became a public company via an initial public offering in May 1999, under the direction of former CEO Kevin English and former CFO Paul Kothari.
Dave Kansas became editor-in-chief in April 1997. Kansas also opened a San Francisco bureau and was a member of the board of directors.
In 1999, at the peak of the dot-com bubble, the market capitalization of the company was $1.7 billion. Indeed, on May 5, 1999, the day of its IPO, the stock went from $19 a share to as high as $73 a share.
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