Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 23, 2001
PATRICK SPAIN is the Executive Chairman of Hoover's, Inc., a leading
provider of online business information, tools, and content integration
and syndication technology. Mr. Spain has served as Hoover's Chairman of
the Board since September 1994 and as Chief Executive Officer since
1993. He became the Executive Chairman in 2001. Mr. Spain joined
Hoover's within weeks of its founding in 1990 by his long-time friend
and business partner Gary Hoover. In 1995 he launched Hoover's Online.
Prior to joining Hoover's, he worked as an economic consultant, a real-
estate developer, and in-house counsel for a high technology company,
and a mergers and acquisitions executive at a subsidiary of a Fortune
500 company. Mr. Spain holds a JD from Boston University and a BA in
Ancient History from the University of Chicago. Profile
and then a picture of the company as it is now?
Mr. Spain: Hoover's was founded in 1990, and our mission was to
