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RELX

RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; decision-making tools; and event organisation. It operates in 40 countries and serves customers in over 180…

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Founded
August 1993; 33 years ago (1993-08) (by merger)
Industry
Information and analytics
Headquarters
London, England, UK
Formerly
Reed Elsevier plc (1993–2015)
ISIN
GB00B2B0DG97
Key people
Paul Ashton Walker (chairperson) · Erik Engström (CEO) · Nick Luff (CFO)

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RELX

Nodes128
Edges127
Triples107
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015625
Components1

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RELX

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related to Exhibitions and popular culture · 19
RELX → British, Ecommerce, Eurogamer, Gamer Network, IGN Entertainment, In, In February, It, New York Comic Con, PAX, Popverse, Reed Exhibitions, ReedPop, RELX's, Rock Paper Shotgun, RX, The Haul, VG247, Ziff Davis
related to Support for fossil fuel expansion · 13
RELX → An, Climate Rights Coalition, Concerned Scientists, Elsevier, February, Given, Global Responsibility, In, Scientists, The, The Guardian, UCS, Union
related to Legal · 11
RELX → Butterworths, France, In, JurisClasseur, LexisNexis, Many, RELX's, The LexisNexis, These, Tolley, UK
related to Social responsibility · 9
RELX → CEO, Global Leadership, In, Law, LexisNexis, Mike Walsh, Rule, The RELX Environmental Challenge, UN Foundation
related to history · 8
RELX → British, Elsevier, February, Netherlands-based, Previously, Reed Elsevier, Reed International, The
related to Scientific, Technical & Medical · 6
RELX → Elsevier, It, Medical, RELX's Scientific, ScienceDirect, Technical
Traded as · 5
RELX → AEX component, Euronext Amsterdam: REN, FTSE 100 component, LSE: REL, NYSE: RELX (ADR)
Subsidiaries · 4
RELX → Elsevier, LexisNexis, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, RX
related to Collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · 4
RELX → Customs Enforcement, Immigration, In November, LexisNexis
related to External links · 4
RELX → Amsterdam, Business, GoogleSEC, London

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elsevier reed company business sold data publishing international lexisnexis trade scientific 2019 including information announced legal financial analytics london february

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RELXFormerlyReed Elsevier plc (1993–2015)1.00infobox
RELXFoundedAugust 1993; 33 years ago (1993-08) (by merger)1.00infobox
RELXHeadquartersLondon, England, UK1.00infobox
RELXIndustryInformation and analytics1.00infobox
RELXISINGB00B2B0DG971.00infobox
RELXKey peoplePaul Ashton Walker (chairperson)1.00infobox
RELXKey peopleErik Engström (CEO)1.00infobox
RELXKey peopleNick Luff (CFO)1.00infobox
RELXNet income£2.078 billion (2025)1.00infobox
RELXNumber of employees36,000 (2026)1.00infobox
RELXOperating income£3.027 billion (2025)1.00infobox
RELXPredecessorElsevier1.00infobox
RELXPredecessorReed International PLC1.00infobox
RELXProductsInformation and data analytics, academic and business publishing, exhibitions1.00infobox
RELXRevenue£9.590 billion (2025)1.00infobox
RELXSubsidiariesElsevier1.00infobox
RELXSubsidiariesLexisNexis1.00infobox
RELXSubsidiariesRX1.00infobox
RELXSubsidiariesLexisNexis Risk Solutions1.00infobox
RELXTotal assets£14.757 billion (2025)1.00infobox
RELXTotal equity£2.390 billion (2025)1.00infobox
RELXTraded asLSE: REL1.00infobox
RELXTraded asFTSE 100 component1.00infobox
RELXTraded asEuronext Amsterdam: REN1.00infobox
RELXTraded asAEX component1.00infobox
RELXTraded asNYSE: RELX (ADR)1.00infobox
RELXTypePublic1.00infobox
RELXWebsitewww.relx.com1.00infobox

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