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Morgan, Grenfell & Co. was a leading London -based investment bank regarded as one of the oldest and once most influential British merchant banks. It had its origins in a merchant banking business commenced by George Peabody. Junius Spencer Morgan became a partner in 1854. After Peabody retired the business was styled J. S. Morgan & Co.
72000874. NYCL No. 0039. Significant dates. Added to NRHP. June 19, 1972. Designated NYCL. December 21, 1965 [2] 23 Wall Street (also known as the J.P. Morgan Building) is a four-story office building in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, at the southeast corner of Wall Street and Broad Street.
Richard Theodore Greener (father) Belle da Costa Greene, pastel portrait by Paul César Helleu, ca. 1913. Belle da Costa Greene (November 26, 1879 – May 10, 1950) was an American librarian who managed and developed the personal library of J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian for his son, Jack Morgan, and ...
J.P. Morgan & Co. is an American financial institution specialized in investment banking, asset management and private banking founded by financier J. P. Morgan in 1871. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the company is now a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase , one of the largest banking institutions in the world.
The National Bank of Commerce in New York was a national bank headquartered in New York City that merged into the Guaranty Trust Company of New York (which later became the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, predecessor to J.P. Morgan & Co. ).
Brendan Peters Bechtel (born 1981) is an American businessman who is the chairman and chief executive officer of Bechtel, [1] the second largest construction company in the United States, [2] which has operations in 160 countries. [3] The great-great-grandson of founder Warren A. Bechtel, [4] he became CEO at the age of 35, [5] and is the fifth ...
Creation of J.P. Morgan & Co. In 1940, Alexander joined the Morgan bank with the securities firm Morgan, Stanley, and Co. to form the commercial bank and trust corporation J.P. Morgan & Co. He became the president and CEO in 1950 and chairman of the board in 1955.
International Mercantile Marine Company. The International Mercantile Marine Company, originally the International Navigation Company, was a trust formed in the early twentieth century as an attempt by J.P. Morgan to monopolize the shipping trade. IMM was founded by shipping magnates Clement Griscom of the American Line and Red Star Line ...