Representatives from Chicago Sister Cities International greeted a shipment of donated masks this week. Shanghai, a sister city since 1985, donated 21,200 N95 and KN95 masks to Chicago. Chicago Sister…
Leads the nation in corporate investment in 2019, according to Site Selection magazine CHICAGO—Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and World Business Chicago (WBC) today announced that for the seventh consecutive year,…
Executives and leaders from various leading Chicago tech companies and civic organizations travelled to Barcelona recently to represent Chicago at the 2019 IoT Solutions World Congress. Chicago, home to one of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2019 CHICAGO LEADS NORTH AMERICA IN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT New Report Shows Chicago Leads Nation for Seventh Year in a Row CHICAGO–Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot…
From June 11 – June 14, World Business Chicago participated in London Tech Week (LTW). The mission contributed to the London-Chicago Alliance that was signed in 2016. This Alliance is…
On Wednesday, June 19, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced the appointment of Mellody Hobson as vice chair of World Business Chicago (WBC). Hobson is the chairman of the Board of…
Digital Agency to add 100 new jobs in the next 18 months Today in London, World Business Chicago President and CEO Andrea Zopp and U.K.-based AmazeRealise – part of digital…
Sydney Becomes Chicago’s 29th International Sister City, Extending Network to Every Inhabited Continent Today in Paris, Mayor Emanuel and Lord Mayor Clover Moore of Sydney, Australia, signed a sister city…
World Business Chicago (WBC) President and CEO Andrea Zopp has been named to Governor-elect JB Pritzker’s Job Creation and Economic Opportunity Committee under his transition team.
Mayor Emanuel Announces Local Tech Companies Adding 2,000 Jobs in Chicago