Kiplinger ( ) is an American publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice that is a subsidiary of

Future plc Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson (entrepreneur), Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History 1985–2012 The company was ...

. Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc., was a closely held company managed for more than nine decades by three generations of the Kiplinger family, until its sale in February 2019 to

Dennis Publishing Dennis Publishing Ltd. was a British publisher. It was founded in 1973 by Felix Dennis. Its first publication was a kung-fu magazine. Most of its titles now belong to Future plc. In the 1980s, it became a leading publisher of computer enthusi ...

, a U.K.-based media company. In 2021,

acquired Dennis Publishing and with it Kiplinger.

History

W. M. Kiplinger Willard Monroe Kiplinger (January 8, 1891 – August 6, 1967) IP-ling-erwas best known as the founder of Kiplinger, a publishing company located in Washington, D.C. Kiplinger was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, to parents Clarence E. and Cora Mill ...

(1891–1967), a former AP economics reporter, founded the eponymous Washington, D.C. company in 1920. With his son

Austin H. Kiplinger Austin H. Kiplinger (19 September 1918 – 20 November 2015) was an American journalist and businessman. He was the son of W. M. Kiplinger and Irene Austin. His father was the founder of Kiplinger Washington Editors, publishers of ''The Kiplinge ...

(1918–2015) he co-founded Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine in 1947. Grandson Knight A. Kiplinger continued the dynasty until the 2019 sale to Dennis Publishing. In 2015, the company's former headquarters in D.C., the

Editors Building The Editors Building, also known as the Kiplinger Building, is a hotel and former historic office building located in Washington, D.C. The ten-story structure was built between 1949 and 1950, and was originally constructed as the headquarters of ...

, was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

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Its best-known publications are ''The Kiplinger Letter'', a weekly business and economic forecasting periodical for people in management, and the monthly ''

Kiplinger Personal Finance ''Kiplinger Personal Finance'' ( ) is an American personal finance magazine published by Kiplinger since 1947. It claims to be the first American personal finance magazine and to deliver "sound, unbiased advice in clear, concise language". It off ...

'' magazine. Kiplinger also provides custom publishing services to a variety of companies and associations.

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