Dec 12, 2019 / 07:30PM GMT
Manav Shiv Patnaik - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division - Director & Lead Research Analyst
All right. Good morning, guys, thank you for being here. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Manav Patnaik. I'm Barclays' business and information services analyst. And we're very glad to have with us here today, Jerre Stead, who is the CEO of Clarivate Analytics now.
Questions and Answers:
Manav Shiv Patnaik - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division - Director & Lead Research AnalystJerre, we've obviously known each other for a long time with your work at IHS. And maybe just to start off with just a little bit of background on how you came to Clarivate Analytics?
Jerre L. Stead - Clarivate Analytics Plc - Executive Chairman & CEO
Yes, it's a really funny story. 2012, I had a handshake to acquire Clarivate from Thomson. At the time they decided I haven't offered them enough money. And so we walked away from it. They came back to me in 2015 when they were ready to sell it. And I then was deep in with