Chief Executive Officer & Director, Dun Bradstreet Holdngs
Search every verified Anthony Jabbour interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Anthony Jabbour, CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, discussed the company's IPO in September 2020, stating that the timing was driven by the company's transformation in areas including executive leadership, technology, and data analytics. He described the company as operating in a large and growing market, with the goal of helping clients use data to grow revenues, improve margins, and stay compliant. Jabbour noted that the company's recent acquisitions were focused on different areas, including analytics, digital business views, and collections capabilities. Jabbour also commented on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that demand for the company's data and insights had increased. He stated that during the 2009 recession, Dun & Bradstreet's revenues fell only 2 percent compared to a 13 percent decline for many organizations, and predicted that the need for data to support remote sales would continue to grow in a post-pandemic world.
“We really felt that we had great momentum going; we went through a significant transformation really in five parts, including new executive leadership, board changes, and improvements in go-to-market, technology, data, and analytics. We just felt the timing was really right for us to come out with the IPO.”
“We're in a very large market that's growing; the need for data and insights from that data is very large and it's only going to grow larger over time. There's a lot of opportunity for us to help our clients leverage our data and analytics to drive insights that will help them grow revenues, improve margins, and stay co...”
“From an M&A perspective, we have such a broad framework to build on. Our recent acquisitions were very different: one leveraged analytics on top of our data for sales and marketing AI, another provided a digital view of businesses, and the last expanded our collections capability. There's so much we can do in this spac...”
“Our data and insights are in more demand than ever during this pandemic. Times like this require being more right than wrong, so accuracy is worth much more. Looking back at the 2009 recession, while many organizations' revenues fell about 13 percent, ours only fell 2 percent, showing the importance of reliable data in...”
Anthony Jabbour, CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, joins "Squawk Alley" after the company's IPO. For access to live and exclusive video ...
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