Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
American private investment bank / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) is the oldest and one of the largest private investment banks in the United States.[3][4] In 1931, the merger of Brown Brothers & Co. (founded in 1818) and Harriman Brothers & Co. formed the current BBH.
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Company type | Partnership |
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Industry | Investment banking Commercial banking Private equity Wealth management Merger and acquisitions |
Founded | New York, New York, US (January 1, 1931 (1931-01-01)) (merger of Brown Bros. & Co. (1818), Harriman Brothers & Company (1927) and W. A. Harriman & Co. (1922)) |
Headquarters | 140 Broadway New York, New York |
Revenue | $1.3 billion |
Total assets | US$ 55 billion (2020) [1] |
Number of employees | 5,701 (2020)[2] |
Website | www |
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Brown Brothers Harriman is also notable for the number of influential American politicians, government appointees, and Cabinet members who have worked at the company, such as W. Averell Harriman, Prescott Bush, Robert A. Lovett, Richard W. Fisher, Robert Roosa, and Alan Greenspan.[5]