Where is the brokerage firm founded by the author of "The Pursuit of Happyness" headquartered?
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Gardner Rich &amp; Co Gardner Rich & Co LLC is an FINRA-registered, private stock brokerage firm founded by Chris Gardner in 1987. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with offices in New York City, and San Francisco. It is an institutional brokerage firm that specializes in the execution of derivative product transactions, as well as debt and equity for public pension plans, institutions, and large unions.
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Chris Gardner Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman, investor, stockbroker, motivational speaker, author, and philanthropist who, during the early 1980s, struggled with homelessness while raising his toddler son, Christopher Gardner, Jr. Gardner's book of memoirs, "The Pursuit of Happyness", was published in May 2006. The 2006 motion picture "The Pursuit of Happyness", directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Will Smith is based on the book.
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RedMonk RedMonk is an industry analyst firm focused on software developers and headquartered in Portland, Maine, USA. It was founded on the premise of the increasing influence of software developers in the technology industry. RedMonk co-founder Stephen O'Grady authored a book on "The New Kingmakers: How Developers Conquered the World" which details this premise and a book on "The Software Paradox: The Rise and Fall of the Commercial Software Market" which considers the changing role of commercial software.
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TD Ameritrade TD Ameritrade is a brokerage firm based in Omaha, Nebraska. The letters TD are derived from Toronto-Dominion Bank, the largest shareholder. The company provides services for individuals and institutions that are investing online. The company offers an electronic trading platform for the purchase and sale of financial securities including common stocks, preferred stocks, futures contracts, exchange-traded funds, options, mutual funds, and fixed income investments. It also provides margin lending, and cash management services.
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Zerodha Zerodha is an Indian financial service company (member of NSE, BSE, MCX, MCX-SX) that offers brokerage-free equity investments, retail and institutional broking, currencies and commodities trading, and mutual funds. Founded in 2010, Zerodha is known for its discount pricing model and innovative use of technology. It is headquartered in Bangalore and has physical presence in all major Indian cities. As of 2017, it is the largest discount broker in India and contributes up to 5% of retail trading volumes on Indian stock exchanges, generating daily trading turnovers crossing $2 billion.
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Citadel LLC Citadel (formerly known as Citadel Investment Group, LLC) is an American global financial institution. Founded in 1990 by Kenneth C. Griffin, the company operates two primary businesses: Citadel, one of the world's largest alternative asset managers with more than $25 billion in assets under management; and Citadel Securities, one of the leading market makers in the world, trading products including equities, equity options, and interest rate swaps for retail and institutional clients.
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Btc.sx Btc.sx is a multinational company that engages in bitcoin trading and brokerage. The company offers a trading platform in digital currency derivatives such as margin trading to retail traders. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London's Silicon Roundabout. ZDNet reports Btc.sx to be one of the first bitcoin companies that voided the necessity of all other currencies other than Bitcoin. The company was launched from Sydney, Australia, and is run by CEO Joseph Lee who co-founded the company alongside George Samman and Vincent Hoong. Shortly after its launch, Lee moved operations to London favouring a dual incorporation model between Singapore and United Kingdom. The company also has operations in New York City.
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Steven Drobny Steven Edward Drobny (born April 29, 1972) is an American hedge fund advisor and published author. He is the founder of Drobny Capital, a consulting and investment advisory business focused on fundamental discretionary global macro and commodity hedge fund strategies. Drobny is the author of "The Invisible Hands: Top Hedge Funds on Bubbles, Crashes and Rethinking Real Money (John Wiley & Sons, 2010)" and "Inside the House of Money: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in the Global Markets (John Wiley & Sons, 2006)"
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Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational finance company that engages in global investment banking, investment management, securities, and other financial services including asset management, mergers and acquisitions advice, prime brokerage, and securities underwriting services. It also sponsors private equity funds, is a market maker, and is a primary dealer in the United States Treasury security market. Goldman Sachs also owns GS Bank USA, a direct bank.
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Angoss Angoss Software Corporation, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with offices in the United States and UK, is a provider of predictive analytics systems through software licensing and services. Angoss' customers represent industries including finance, insurance, mutual funds, retail, health sciences, telecom and technology. The company was founded in 1984, and publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange from 2008-2013 under the ticker symbol ANC. In June 2013 the private equity firm Peterson Partners acquired Angoss for $8.4 million.
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Menlo Capital Group Menlo Capital Group, LLC is a private real estate development company and investment firm with operations in Northern California since 1977. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the group was founded by Silicon Valley real estate entrepreneur Sunil Suri, the Principal and Managing Member of the company. Menlo Capital Group India is headquartered in Mumbai, India. The group specializes in investments in real estate, financial services, pharmaceuticals, biofuels and transportation.
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Cliff Asness Clifford Scott Asness ( ; born October 17, 1966) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, the co-founder of AQR Capital Management.
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GoldenTree Asset Management GoldenTree Asset Management is a global credit firm that was founded in 2000. The firm has offices in New York City, London and Singapore.
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Gary W. Keller Gary Keller is an American entrepreneur and best-selling author. He is the founder of Keller Williams Realty International, which is the largest real estate company in the world by agent count. Keller founded Keller Williams on training and education and later brought his teachings to print. His books include "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent," "The Real Estate Investor," and "The ONE Thing". He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board at Keller Williams Realty International.
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Stockspot Stockspot is an online investment adviser and fund manager based in Sydney, Australia. It is the first fully paperless digital investment advice platform in Australia and provides consumers with access to professional investment services for less than the typical cost of a traditional financial adviser or wealth manager.
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Kristi Ling Kristi Ling is an American inspirational speaker, happiness expert, life and business coach, and the bestselling author of "Operation Happiness". She writes for several publications, including The Huffington Post. Ling coaches, speaks, and writes on happiness and empowerment based on metaphysics, positive psychology, the work of Aristotle, and contemporary philosophy. She is also known for her TEDx talk, "The Power of Re-Thinking Happiness," as well as several television appearances and interviews.
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Morningstar, Inc. Morningstar, Inc. is an investment research and investment management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Paine Webber PaineWebber and Company was an American stock brokerage and asset management firm that was acquired by the Swiss bank UBS AG in 2000. The company was founded in 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, by William Alfred Paine and Wallace G. Webber. Operating with two employees, they leased premises at 48 Congress Street in May 1881. The company was renamed Paine, Webber & Co. when Charles Hamilton Paine became a partner. Members of the Boston Stock Exchange, in 1890 the company acquired a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. Wallace G. Webber retired after the business weathered a major financial crisis that hit the market in 1893.
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Thomas Peterffy Thomas Peterffy (born 1944) is a Hungarian-born American entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. and played a key role in founding the Boston Options Exchange. Peterffy worked as an architectural draftsman after emigrating to the United States and later became a computer programmer. In 1977, Peterffy purchased a seat on the American Stock Exchange and played a role in developing the electronic trading of securities. He is the largest shareholder of his company, Interactive Brokers.
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Jon Stein Jonathan "Jon" Stein is an American fintech entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder and chief executive of Betterment, the largest independent online financial advisor in the U.S., with over 9 billion in assets under management. Under the umbrella of Betterment Holdings Inc., Stein manages Betterment's core retail platform, often referred to as a "robo-advisor"; a 401(k) platform called Betterment for Business, and a digital advisory platform called Betterment for Advisors.
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Gruntal &amp; Co. Gruntal & Co. was a boutique investment banking and brokerage firm based in New York City. Prior to its acquisition in 2002, the firm was among the oldest independent investment banking houses in the U.S.
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Mark Skousen Mark Andrew Skousen ( ; born October 19, 1947) is an American economist, investment analyst, newsletter editor, college professor and author.