Ipsos-Reid

Ipsos-Reid is a research company founded in 1975 by Didier Truchot, a Paris-based communications specialist. They debuted on the Paris Stock Exchange on July 1, 1999. Their revenues in 2002 reached 538.4 million Euros, or approximately 690 million USD. Since 1990, they have acquired or created over 40 companies across the globe. They have offices in 35 countries, and do varied research in over a hundred. They are ranked second among global survey-based research companies, with over 4,500 clients worldwide. Each year, they conduct over six million interviews in their research, employing over 3,466 people full-time to do this.