Reuters

Former Reuters building, London
Type	Independent business
Industry	News agency
Founded	October 1851; 172 years ago (1851-10)
Founder	Paul Julius Reuter
Headquarters	City of London, London, England, United Kingdom
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Paul Bascobert (President) Alessandra Galloni (Editor-in-Chief)
Number of employees	2500
Parent	Thomson Reuters
Website	reuters.com

Reuters (/ˈrɔɪərz/ ( listen) ROY-terz) is a British news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world.

Paul Reuter, the founder of Reuters (photographed by Nadar, c. 1865)

The agency was established in London in 1851 by the German-born Paul Reuter. It was bought by the Thomson Corporation of Canada in 2008.