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Canadian mortgage billionaire buys stake in The Economist magazine

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Bloomberg
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March 17, 2026

Canadian mortgage billionaire Stephen Smith has agreed to buy a minority stake in The Economist Group, marking the first ownership shake-up in the storied British current affairs magazine in a decade.

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