# Financial Times founding date

entity: /record/financial-times.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/financial-times/founded  
as_of: 2026-10-31  

As of October 31, 2026, Financial Times's founding date on the AsOf record is January 9, 1888, dated January 9, 1888, from 4 secondary sources (blueandgreentomorrow.com, historic-newspapers.com, niemanlab.org and dukelawref.blogspot.com). The record holds 1 claim on Financial Times's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founding date

What the record asserts on 2026-10-31.

- [Financial Times](/record/financial-times.md) | founded | 1888-01-09 | valid 1888-01-09 to present | conf 0.90 | valid | [clm_09342740A57A](/claim/clm_09342740A57A.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183399, https://blueandgreentomorrow.com/features/happy-125th-birthday-to-the-financial-times/, https://www.historic-newspapers.com/blogs/article/financial-times-history, https://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/financial-times/, http://dukelawref.blogspot.com/2015/03/financial-times-historical-archive-now.html

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Financial Times](/record/financial-times.md) | founded | 1888-01-09 | valid 1888-01-09 to present | conf 0.90 | valid | [clm_09342740A57A](/claim/clm_09342740A57A.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183399, https://blueandgreentomorrow.com/features/happy-125th-birthday-to-the-financial-times/, https://www.historic-newspapers.com/blogs/article/financial-times-history, https://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/financial-times/, http://dukelawref.blogspot.com/2015/03/financial-times-historical-archive-now.html

## Questions this record answers

### What is Financial Times's current founding date?

January 9, 1888, dated January 9, 1888, from 4 secondary sources (blueandgreentomorrow.com, historic-newspapers.com, niemanlab.org and dukelawref.blogspot.com). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.90).


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