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Dean Witter Reynolds was founded in 1978 as the merger of Dean Witter & Co. and Reynolds Securities (with Dean Witter acquiring Reynolds), which was then the biggest merger in the history of Wall Street. [2] [3] The company was acquired by Sears in 1981, and was renamed "Dean Witter, Discover & Co." in 1993 when Sears spun off the company.
Dean Witter Discover & Co. Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter: 1998 Union Bank of Switzerland: Swiss Bank Corporation: UBS AG (UBS Warburg) 1998 Travelers Group: Citicorp: Citigroup (Salomon Smith Barney) 1998 Société Générale: Hambros Bank: Société Générale (SG Hambros Bank Ltd) 1999 Deutsche Bank: Bankers Trust: Deutsche Bank ...
Reynolds Securities was a publicly traded brokerage firm. Founded in 1931 by Richard S. Reynolds, Jr., the firm merged with Dean Witter & Co. to form Dean Witter Reynolds Organization Inc. in 1978, which was then the biggest merger in the history of Wall Street.
Back in 1997, the global investment giant Morgan Stanley merged with brokerage firm Dean Witter Reynolds to become the largest securities company at the time. But the union proved challenging.
The current Morgan Stanley is the result of the merger of the original Morgan Stanley with Dean Witter Discover & Co. in 1997. [7] Dean Witter's chairman and CEO, Philip J. Purcell, became the chairman and CEO of the newly merged "Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover & Co." [8] [9] The new firm changed its name back to "Morgan Stanley" in 2001.
bought by Royal Bank of Canada in 2000 Dean Witter Reynolds: merged with Morgan Stanley to form Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, subsequently the Dean Witter name was eliminated Dillon, Read & Company: acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation in 1997, and is ultimately part of UBS AG: Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette: acquired by Credit Suisse in 2001 Drexel ...
In 1981, Sears purchased the Dean Witter Reynolds brokerage firm organization and Coldwell, Banker & Company (real estate franchise) [3] as an attempt to add financial services to its portfolio of customer services. In 1985, Sears also acquired the Greenwood Trust Company.
Dean Gooding Witter (August 2, 1887 – May 25, 1969) was an American businessman, stockbroker, and investor. With his brother Guy Witter and cousin Jean Witter, Dean Witter co-founded Dean Witter & Company in 1924, which became the largest investment house on the West Coast.