Chris Ahearn

Brainstormer, Business leader, Concerned citizen, Finance professional, Foodie, Global soul, Idea generator, Parent, World traveler

Chris Ahearn is president of the Media business at Thomson Reuters, where he oversees the publishing and distribution of news and information services to media and business professionals. Media is a global division which includes the News Agency and Publishing business lines. Prior to his appointment as president of Reuters Media in 2002, Mr. Ahearn was the executive vice president of the Reuters Research & Advisory business, where he developed the Reuters Knowledge product line. Mr. Ahearn joined Reuters in 2001 from J.P. Morgan where he held positions in LabMorgan, the technology, media and telecommunications group, and the financial institutions group. Prior to J.P. Morgan, he worked in the financial institutions group at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Ahearn is a board member of ChinaWeb, the owner of Hexun, a provider of financial information to individual investors in China. A passionate friend of the arts, Mr. Ahearn is also a board member at The Kitchen, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing opportunities to artists in the media, literary and performing arts. He is a graduate from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and currently resides in Tribeca with his wife and two wonderful children.

Changing the world. Music. The future of the news business. Art that pushes boundaries. Discovering things I never have thought about. Surprising myself

What is the responsibility of us as citizens to support the Media that we both want and believe we need? I think that societies will get the News and Media that they are willing to invest in. By invest - I do not mean via governments rather via innovations and directly paying for what they value as opposed to simply relying on advertising supported vehicles.

Always wanted to come but never made the time. Finally made the time for the first Global summit and was blown away. I am naturally shy when I don't know people - but the mood and the mode was so open and outgoing I felt at home. My company was a sponsor last year - this year I am coming for me.

Singing and Cooking.