American Century Companies


American Century Companies is a privately controlled and independent investment management firm.

Operations

The Building has approximately 1,300 employees and its headquarters are located at 4500 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, near the Country Club Plaza; the company also has offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Sydney, Mountain View, California and Kansas City, Missouri.

History

The company was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 as "Twentieth Century Mutual Funds", a family of no-load funds, in Kansas City, Missouri. Stowers started the funds in 1958 with just $100,000 in assets from 24 shareholders. He built his business concentrating on small investors. The company changed its name to American Century Investments in 1997. American Century's headquarters are located at 4500 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, near the Country Club Plaza, and employs around 1,300 people.
In 2011, JP Morgan Chase sold their 41% stake in ACI to Toronto based bank CIBC. CIBC resold its stake to Nomura Holdings for around $1 billion as it could not gain full control of ACI. The stake gave Nomura 10.1% of the voting rights.

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