The McGraw-Hill Companies, founded in 1888, is a leading analysis and information services provider that serves the global financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands, such as Standard & Poors, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. Harold W. McGraw III has been the chief executive officer of McGraw-Hill for more than eight years. He has been with the company for 26 years. McGraw earned a bachelor s from Tufts University, and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.The corporation has headquarters in New York and more than 290 offices in 38 countries throughout the world. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MHP.