Businessworld is part of the ABP Group, one of India's largest media groups and the brand leader in eastern India. ABP also publishes Ananda Bazar Patrika, a widely popular Bengali daily, and The Telegraph, the largest read English daily in the eastern region. It also co-owns Star News television channel along with Rupert Murdoch's Star Group.

Businessworld is the largest selling Indian business magazine, and the only business weekly in the country.

Over a period of two decades, Businessworld has established itself as a magazine that offers incisive and high-quality reportage on economic and business affairs. In the past few years, it has focused strongly on understanding the meaning of Global India -- its emerging sectors, emerging leaders and emerging concerns. Its team of journalists and domain experts cover extensively trends and movements in markets such as telecom, IT, biotech, media and pharma and provide exclusive analysis on infrastructure, economy and the stock markets.

Leveraging on its brand leadership, Businessworld has now moved into other media platforms like publishing and events. Its recent publications include Doing Business in Asia, The Marketing Whitebook, Understanding Behaviour, and Businessworld Mega B-School Guide . The Businessworld Roundtables and Great Place to Work seminars, which attract the best minds from the corporate and economic world, have become important forums to set agendas and address crucial issues. The magazine's Most Respected Companies Awards and the BW-NID Design Award are considered as benchmarks of corporate excellence by Indian corporates.