Richard F. Zannino

Overview

Richard F. Zannino, age 48, Chief Executive Officer since February 2006, served as Chief Operating Officer from July 2002 until February 2006, Executive Vice President from February 2001 to February 2006 and served as Chief Financial Officer from February 2001 until July 2002. Before joining Dow Jones, Mr. Zannino was Executive Vice President of Liz Claiborne, Inc., having joined in 1998 as Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Zannino worked briefly as Chief Financial Officer of General Signal Corporation, prior to that company's sale, and before that for five years at Saks Holdings Inc., where he ultimately served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. On December 6, 2007, Dow Jones & Company, Inc. announced that Richard F. Zannino, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, plans to leave the Company after the closing of the acquisition of the Company by News Corporation.