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Stephen Waley-Cohen

Stephen Waley-Cohen, English journalist and businessman

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Born
June 22, 1946
Age in 2026
80
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1946

About Stephen Waley-Cohen

Sir Stephen Harry Waley-Cohen, 2nd Baronet is an English theatre owner-manager and producer, following a career as a businessman and financial journalist. He manages the St. Martin's Theatre in London's West End and is the current producer of the world's longest running play The Mousetrap. He was chairman of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) Council. In 2011 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Waley-Cohen was a financial journalist, at the Daily Mail from 1968 to 1973, and a founder director and publisher at Euromoney Publications (which later became Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC) from 1969 to 1983.

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Stephen Waley-Cohen timeline

  1. Waley-Cohen was a financial journalist, at the Daily Mail from 1968 to 1973, and a founder director and publisher at Euromoney Publications (which later became Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC) from 1969 to 1983.
  2. In 2011 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

The world when Stephen Waley-Cohen was born

Stephen Waley-Cohen was born in 1946. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1946

  • #1 song"The Christmas Song" – Nat King Cole
  • Top movieThe Best Years of Our Lives
  • Best-selling bookThe King's General – Daphne du Maurier

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst NBA (BAA) season begins
  • Top headlineUnited Nations General Assembly holds its first session
  • Technology milestoneENIAC — first general-purpose electronic computer
  • Defining fadBaby boom begins
  • Notable inventionTupperware
  • World population2.43 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHarry S. Truman
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population141.4M

1946 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Stephen Waley-Cohen's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19462026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,600$435,000
Average income$4,300$67,500
Minimum wage$0.40$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.35$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population141.4M341 million

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