Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and World Business Chicago today announced the appointment of Jose Luis Prado as Chairman of Chicago Sister Cities International. Mr. Prado is the Executive Advisor Partner of Wind Point Partners and Vice… Read More
3rd Annual Chicago Tech Day celebrates industry growth in Chicago’s diverse tech and innovation ecosystem CHICAGO – Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and World Business Chicago today hosted the third annual Chicago Tech… Read More
200 of the Nation’s Top Technology and Engineering Students in Chicago This Week To Learn About Chicago’s Growing Technology Industry and Inclusive Culture Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and World Business Chicago welcome students… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2019 MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, WORLD BUSINESS CHICAGO & CHICAGONEXT ANNOUNCE 2020 CHICAGO VENTURE SUMMIT Chicago’s flagship VC conference will connect the city’s most promising startups with investors from across the country and around the… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2019 CHICAGO LEADS NORTH AMERICA IN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT New Report Shows Chicago Leads Nation for Seventh Year in a Row CHICAGO–Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today announced that, for the seventh… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2019 CONTACT: Andrew Hayes 312-823-4333 APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR THINKCHICAGO: CHICAGO IDEAS WEEK 2019 Program Hosts 200 of the Nation’s Top Technology & Engineering Students Today ChicagoNEXT announced that it is accepting applications… Read More
Hobson to provide leadership on organization’s focus of inclusive economic growth CHICAGO—Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today announced the appointment of Mellody Hobson as vice chair of World Business Chicago (WBC). Hobson is the chairman of the… Read More
Digital Agency to add 100 new jobs in the next 18 months Today in London, World Business Chicago President and CEO Andrea Zopp and U.K.-based AmazeRealise – part of digital transformation services company Kin + Carta… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15, 2019 CONTACT: Mayor’s Press Office 312.744.3334 press@cityofchicago.org MAYOR EMANUEL ANNOUNCES… Read More
Sydney Becomes Chicago’s 29th International Sister City, Extending Network to Every Inhabited Continent Today in Paris, Mayor Emanuel and Lord Mayor Clover Moore of Sydney, Australia, signed a sister city agreement, making Sydney Chicago’s 29th sister… Read More
