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- S&P Global Inc. is a global provider of financial intelligence, benchmarks, credit ratings, analytics and workflow solutions serving corporations, banks, governments, asset managers, insurers, commodity markets and other institutional clients worldwide. Founded in 1917 and headquartered at 55 Water Street in New York, New York, the company operates through Market Intelligence, Ratings, Energy, Mobility and S&P Dow Jones Indices, and offers subscription-based data, research and software platforms; credit ratings and related analytical services; energy and commodity price assessments, benchmarks and insights; automotive data, forecasting and vehicle intelligence; and index products and custom benchmark solutions used across public and private markets. Recent strategic activity has included the acquisition of With Intelligence to strengthen private markets intelligence; the acquisition of ORBCOMM’s Automatic Identification System data services business to expand maritime and supply chain offerings; the acquisition of ARC Research and McKinsey PriceMetrix through Crisil to broaden wealth-management analytics; the acquisition of TeraHelix to enhance financial technology capabilities; the sale of the Enterprise Data Management and thinkFolio businesses to Symphony Technology Group; the acquisition of datacenterHawk to deepen coverage of data center, power and infrastructure markets; and a strategic investment in Kaiko to expand digital asset and on-chain market data capabilities. The company has also advanced product and partnership initiatives with firms including Cambridge Associates, Mercer, Microsoft, Anthropic, Google, Salesforce, IBM and Centrifuge, reflecting a broader push into AI-enabled solutions, private markets analytics and tokenized index products, while its 2025 annual report notes continued product launches and enhancements alongside the planned separation of S&P Global Mobility into a standalone public company.