Since 1996, TheStreet has been extraordinary from other financial media companies through its journalistic excellence, their unbiased approach and helpful interactive multimedia coverage of the financial markets, economy, industry trends, investment as well as financial planning.

TheStreet, Inc., formerly, TheStreet.com, Inc., was co-founded in 1996 by Jim Cramer and Marty Peretz. It became a public company via an initial public offering in May 1999 under the direction of former CEO Kevin English and former CFO Paul Kothari.

In investment, Main Street can be used to describe general individual investors. In contrast, Wall Street represents professional investment managers and security traders. Main Street investors typically invest in small amounts of money.