Peter Cooper (journalist)
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Peter Cooper is an Internet publisher, financial journalist and author living in Dubai
and was a partner in the successful dot-com publisher AMEinfo.com sold to Emap
plc in 2006. He is now editor of the financial website http://www.arabianmoney.net and the first-ever Arabian investment newsletter ArabianMoney, available by subscription only.
His long career in journalism started as editor of his school magazine the Old Wordsworthian
, and later Cooper worked in London for 11 years as a financial journalist on business titles including New Civil Engineer
, Building
and Construction News. He was twice IBP Business/Financial Journalist of the Year and runner up for the BPA Newsletter Editor of the Year.
He left for Dubai in 1996 to become the launch editor of Gulf Business magazine for Motivate Publishing
, and returned briefly in 1999 to write his first book Building Relationships, The History of Bovis
1885-2000 whose chairman, concentration camp survivor the late Sir Frank Lampl
he greatly respected and later came to know as a friend.
On a round-the-world trip in late 1999 he noted the success of a financial website in Australia and came back to Dubai
to promote the idea. This became a news and business information website that attracted HSBC
Private Equity Middle East as a significant shareholder in March 2005. In July 2006 the website was wholly acquired by Emap
plc for a total of $27 million.
Cooper launched his financial comment website http://www.arabianmoney.net in 2010 and the pioneering investment newsletter ArabianMoney. In 2008 he published his second book Opportunity Dubai, and his third Dubai Sabbatical in 2010.
He attended Bishop Wordsworth's School
, Salisbury, whose alumni include the actor Ralph Fiennes
who also worked in his brother-in-law's ice cream shop, and then went on to study politics, philosophy and economics at Trinity College
, Oxford University. He was chairman of the Oxford Student Liberal
Society during the same term that William Hague
was president of the Oxford University Conservative
Association; he also met Vladimir Putin
in Moscow
on a student exchange visit. In France Cooper studied the language in Tours
and La Rochelle
before becoming an administrative trainee in the Development Department of the European Commission
in Brussels.
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
and was a partner in the successful dot-com publisher AMEinfo.com sold to Emap
EMAP
Emap Limited is a British media company, specialising in the production of business-to-business magazines, and the organisation of business events and conferences...
plc in 2006. He is now editor of the financial website http://www.arabianmoney.net and the first-ever Arabian investment newsletter ArabianMoney, available by subscription only.
His long career in journalism started as editor of his school magazine the Old Wordsworthian
Bishop Wordsworth's School
Bishop Wordsworth's School is a Church of England boys' day grammar school located in Salisbury, England. In 2010, there were 748 pupils aged between 11 and 18. The school is regularly amongst the top-performing schools in England, and in 2011 was the top school performer for the English...
, and later Cooper worked in London for 11 years as a financial journalist on business titles including New Civil Engineer
New Civil Engineer
New Civil Engineer is the weekly magazine of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the UK chartered body that oversees the practice of civil engineering in the UK. It is published by EMAP who acquired the title and editorial control from the ICE in 1995...
, Building
Building
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...
and Construction News. He was twice IBP Business/Financial Journalist of the Year and runner up for the BPA Newsletter Editor of the Year.
He left for Dubai in 1996 to become the launch editor of Gulf Business magazine for Motivate Publishing
Motivate Publishing
Motivate Publishing is a company based in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The company was established in 1979 by Ian Fairservice with the launch of What's On, the Gulf region's first English language magazine...
, and returned briefly in 1999 to write his first book Building Relationships, The History of Bovis
Bovis
Bovis may refer to:* Bovis Homes Group, a national British housebuilding company* Bovis scale, a concept used by dowsers and adherents of geomancy* Bovis Lend Lease, an international construction management company and subsidiary of Lend Lease Corporation...
1885-2000 whose chairman, concentration camp survivor the late Sir Frank Lampl
Frank Lampl
Sir Frank William Lampl was Life President of Bovis Lend Lease, the leading global construction management company that he created from the British building firm Bovis during a 15-year period as Chairman and CEO.-Career:...
he greatly respected and later came to know as a friend.
On a round-the-world trip in late 1999 he noted the success of a financial website in Australia and came back to Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
to promote the idea. This became a news and business information website that attracted HSBC
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
Private Equity Middle East as a significant shareholder in March 2005. In July 2006 the website was wholly acquired by Emap
EMAP
Emap Limited is a British media company, specialising in the production of business-to-business magazines, and the organisation of business events and conferences...
plc for a total of $27 million.
Cooper launched his financial comment website http://www.arabianmoney.net in 2010 and the pioneering investment newsletter ArabianMoney. In 2008 he published his second book Opportunity Dubai, and his third Dubai Sabbatical in 2010.
He attended Bishop Wordsworth's School
Bishop Wordsworth's School
Bishop Wordsworth's School is a Church of England boys' day grammar school located in Salisbury, England. In 2010, there were 748 pupils aged between 11 and 18. The school is regularly amongst the top-performing schools in England, and in 2011 was the top school performer for the English...
, Salisbury, whose alumni include the actor Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English actor and film director. He has appeared in such films as The English Patient, In Bruges, The Constant Gardener, Strange Days, The Duchess and Schindler's List....
who also worked in his brother-in-law's ice cream shop, and then went on to study politics, philosophy and economics at Trinity College
Trinity College, Oxford
The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...
, Oxford University. He was chairman of the Oxford Student Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
Society during the same term that William Hague
William Hague
William Jefferson Hague is the British Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State. He served as Leader of the Conservative Party from June 1997 to September 2001...
was president of the Oxford University Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Association; he also met Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
on a student exchange visit. In France Cooper studied the language in Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
and La Rochelle
La Rochelle
La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...
before becoming an administrative trainee in the Development Department of the European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
in Brussels.