History of Dow Jones

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The index was created back in 1896 by Charles Dow and Edward Jones in order to track the performance of the industrial economy. Dow was a journalist and co-founder of the WSJ and Jones was a statistician.

The company they founded was called Dow Jones & Company with their lesser known partner, Charles Bergstresser. Bergstresser was a silent figure in their story and shunned the public eye but was no less influential in the creation of the business, index and publications.