James C. Smith

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Born	1959 Carlisle, Kentucky, US
Alma mater	Marshall University
CEO of the Thomson Reuters, and a member of the Atlantic Council

James C. Smith is CEO of the world's biggest news agency, the media conglomerate Thomson Reuters, and a member of the military deep state think-tank Atlantic Council. This membership explains how the news agency, which every media in the world quotes on a daily basis, gets its angle in international politics.

Career

Early in his career Smith worked as a journalist and editor for small newspapers in his home state of West Virginia. He was the managing editor of the Charleston Daily Mail when it was acquired by Thomson Newspapers in 1987, at which point Smith joined the Thomson newspaper group. He initially held several staff and operating positions, after which he was made responsible for Thomson Newspapers' operations in North America.

After the company sold its newspaper business in 2000, Smith moved to the Thomson Corporation's professional publishing side. In December 2001 he became Thomson's executive vice president of human resources and administration. He then became the company's executive VP of development and corporate affairs in January 2002. Smith subsequently was Thomson's chief operating officer (COO).

After the formation of Thomson Reuters in April 2008, Smith was named president and CEO of the combined company's professional division, which sells tax, legal, and accounting products, and got the top job on January 1, 2012, when he became CEO and president of Thomson Reuters.

Smith is on the international business council of the World Economic Forum and the international advisory boards of the British American Business Council and the Atlantic Council. A director of Pfizer, Inc. since June 26, 2014, he is also on the boards of the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative and the Brazil-U.S. Business Council.