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Share of the American Express Company, 1865. In 1850, American Express was started as a freight forwarding company in Buffalo, New York. [14] It was founded as a joint-stock corporation by the merger of the cash-in-transit companies owned by Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company, the successor ...
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This list comprises the largest companies currently in the United States by revenue as of 2024, according to the Fortune 500 tally of companies and Forbes.. The Fortune 500 list of companies includes only publicly traded companies, also including tax inversion companies.
James D. Robinson III served as Chairman & CEO of the American Express Company for approximately 16 years. He held additional positions at the company prior to that. While at American Express, Robinson achieved the senior position at the company after his competitor for the position, Robert Morley, launched a thwarted hostile takeover of McGraw ...
Stephen Squeri (born 1959) is an American business executive [3] and Chairman and CEO of American Express. He first joined American Express in 1985, [4] becoming chief information officer in 2005 [2] and vice chairman in 2015, [5] along with other upper management roles. [5] [6] Squeri became chairman and CEO of American Express on February 1 ...
Ralph Thomas Reed [1] (July 6, 1890, Philadelphia – January 21, 1968, New York City) was the president of the American Express Company from 1944 to 1960. He joined the company in 1919 as assistant to the controller. [2] He was the person who made the decision to create the American Express charge card, first issued in 1958.
George Wilbur Waters (January 9, 1916 – January 11, 2003) was an American pioneer in the credit card industry who is credited with transforming the American Express Card into a global brand and the flagship product of the American Express Company. Upon his retirement from American Express in 1980, Waters was bestowed with the title, "Father ...
In 1990 he was made vice chairman of American Express while remaining president and chief executive officer of IDS. [6] In 1991, he was named president of American Express. [7] From 1993 to 2001, he was chief executive officer of American Express. [1] [2] [3] He served as chairman of the board at the Campbell Soup Company from November 2004 to ...