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Article: Super Bowl Trivia: Who Is Raymond James?
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- Investment Weekly News
- Article date:
- February 14, 2009
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As thousands of Super Bowl fans pour into Tampa's Raymond James Stadium, the eponymous financial services firm answers the question, just who is Raymond James?
No, Raymond James isn't a football player or coach, not a former mayor of Tampa, nor a men's clothing line, and not even the founder of the firm that carries the name. It comes from a merging of companies run by Robert A. James and Edward Raymond in the 1960s.
Today, Raymond James, which has been led since 1970 by Robert's son, CEO Tom James, has grown into one of the nation's largest independent financial services firms, with 2,200 locations worldwide. The firm is widely recognized for both its ...