Franklin Templeton

Franklin Templeton Investments is a holding company based in the United States with headquarters in San Mateo, California. They are a global investment firm named after Benjamin Franklin and even trading on the New York Stock Exchange as BEN. The company is one of the largest asset management organizations in the world and they work on behalf of a variety of investors both public and private. As of 2017, the company had approximately 9400 employees. Some of the jobs that may be open include sales specialist, content producers, senior business analysts, FCI project managers, trust counsel, PR managers, planning and design, associate strategic business consultants, transfer agents, software engineers, senior research analysts, sales coordinators and inside sales representatives.

The history of the company goes back to 1947 when Rupert Johnson senior founded the company in New York City. Johnson had a successful retail brokerage of the time located on Wall Street. He was an admirer of Benjamin Franklin and so named his new company after him. The company went public in 1971 which gave them capital to grow and acquire new companies. Some of those companies included Winfield and Company, which was located in their future headquarters of San Mateo, California, and starting in 1980, the company’s assets doubled nearly every year.

The company has a number of locations all over the world including in Alberta, Canada; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; New York, New York; St. Petersburg, Florida; India; Poland; Rancho Cordova, California; London, England; Los Angeles, California; Milan, Italy and more. There are three primary countries where they are located in. They include the United States, Poland and India with multiple locations in each country. They reported 6.39 billion in revenue in 2017 with an operating income of $2.26 billion. Their net income was 1.69 billion.