The first copy of BusinessWorld was sold on July 27, 1987.

[4] In the same

year, BusinessWorldbecame the first among local dailies to use desktop publishing, and in 1991 it
incorporated World Press, Inc., a fully owned printing subsidiary of the firm located in Antipolo, Rizal.
World Press, which started with a five-unit web offset printing press, already had nine units by 1995.
In two years, it was able to own pre-press facilities that allowed for the Color Electronic Pagination
System, which made BusinessWorld the country’s first newspaper printed in full color.
Previously housed in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, BusinessWorld moved to its current location in New
Manila, Quezon City in 1994. The building was designed by Locsin’s cousin, the late National
Artistfor Architecture Leandro V. Locsin, who also worked on the Philippine Stock Exchange
Plaza in Makati City.
When Locsin died in May 2003 after a long-term illness, his wife, executive editor and chief
operating officer Leticia Locsin, took over as the paper's president, publisher, and chairperson until
her death in August 2005. Their daughter, Barbara Locsin, headed the paper for a while, later
succeeded by Anthony Cuaycong as chief operating officer.