The company was founded on1914 65438+10.7, when Charles e Merrill was starting his career at No.7 Wall Street in New York. A few months later, Edmund C Lynch, a friend of Merrill Lynch, joined the company, so on 19 15, the company officially changed its name to Merrill Lynch. In the1920s, Merrill Lynch's new york office was located on Broadway 120, and it had offices in Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and Dublin. Today, this multinational company operates in more than 40 countries around the world, and manages more than $65,438+0.8 trillion in customer assets. Merrill Lynch is headquartered in new york World Financial Center, with American business and management centers in New Jersey, Colorado, Florida, Utah and California. At the end of 2000, Merrill Lynch had more than 72,000 employees.

Merrill Lynch is a holding company registered in Delaware. It provides investment, financing, consulting, insurance and related products and services to the whole world through its subsidiaries, including: securities brokerage, trading and underwriting; Investment banking, strategic consulting services, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate financial consulting projects. Investment management; Creation, brokerage, dealers and related projects of swaps, options, forwards, futures and other derivatives and foreign exchange products; Securities clearing and settlement. Stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, commodities and economic research. Banking, trust, loan services, mortgage loans and related services. Insurance sales and underwriting services. Investment consulting service. Merrill Lynch provides the above products and services to a wide range of customers, including individual investors, small and medium-sized enterprises, companies, governments and government departments, and financial institutions. Merrill Lynch provides financial services to the world in three complementary business areas, further strengthening its ability to serve diversified customers and expand globally. Merrill Lynch divides its business outside the United States into five regions: Europe, the Middle East and Africa; Japan; Asia Pacific and Australia; Canada; Latin America; Merrill Lynch has branches in 43 countries outside the United States, including Buenos Aires, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Melbourne, Milan, Paris, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo and Zurich.