Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is an American investment banking financial services company that is located at the Morgan Stanley building in New York City, New York. Morgan Stanley is a multinational company with offices all around the world and a client list that includes many both large corporations as well as government entities. In 2017, Morgan Stanley employed 57,633 people. There are plenty of employment opportunities within Morgan Stanley at any given time and most of them require education or training within the financial industry.

Morgan Stanley was founded through a partnership between J.P. Morgan and Company and Harold Stanley, which was made official on September 16, 1935. The partnership was in response to the Glass-Steagall Act, which required commercial and investment banking businesses to split up. The very first year the company was in existence they had a 24 percent market share in public offerings and private placements. The current company is still the result of the original merger in 1927. Products include investment banking, trading commodities, sales, prime brokerage, investment management, and wealth management. They have received multiple accolades for business practices and work environment including being ranked the second best corporation to work at in Japan, and the fifth best big company to work for in 2006 according to the New York Times.

Morgan Stanley has offices in more than 42 different countries. They have over 55,000 employees worldwide and clients include government institutions, individuals, and well-known corporations. Morgan Stanley reported revenue of $40.3 billion in the 2017 fiscal year, netting out to $23.12 per share with a quarterly revenue growth of 11.6 percent.