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Guggenheim Partners

Guggenheim Partners, LLC.
Limited liability company
Industry Financial services
Founded 1999
Founder Guggenheim family
Mark Walter
J. Todd Morley
Steven E. Johnson
Headquarters New York City
Chicago
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mark Walter CEO
Alan Schwartz
Fares Noujaim
Thomas J. Irvin
Scott Minerd
Peter O. Lawson-Johnston II
Andrew M. Rosenfield
Brian T. Sir
Products Investment banking
Capital markets
Investment management
Merchant banking
Wealth management
Insurance
Exchange-traded funds
Unit investment trusts
Services Diversified financial services
AUM $240 billion
Owner Private
Number of employees
2,500
Website guggenheimpartners.com
guggenheiminvestments.com

Guggenheim Partners, LLC is a global investment and advisory financial services firm that engages in investment banking, capital markets services, investment management, investment advisory, and insurance services. The firm is headquartered in New York City and Chicago with 2,500 staff located in 20 cities throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. It has more than $240 billion of assets under management. The firm's CEO is Mark Walter. It has eight Managing Partners who are key executives, and with a Senior Leadership Team of 17 other executives, oversee the Firm's businesses. It was founded by Peter Lawson-Johnston II, Solomon R. Guggenheim's great-grandson.

Guggenheim Partners provides services across insurance services, investment banking, capital markets, investment management, merchant banking, and asset management. Guggenheim Investment Advisors oversees about $50 billion in assets.

In June 2009, Guggenheim hired former Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz as Executive Chairman to "focus on transforming Guggenheim's existing broker-dealer, which is focused on sales and trading of fixed income securities, into a full-service investment banking enterprise".

In September 2009, Guggenheim hired former Goldman Sachs partner Peter Comisar as Vice Chairman and Head of West Coast Investment Banking. The West Coast Advisory team is also headed by Managing Directors from Bear Stearns, Moelis & Co and Credit Suisse. The West Coast team focuses on Consumer Retail and Digital E-Commerce advisory while the NY office houses the remaining industry verticals and product groups with the except of oil & gas, which is based out of Houston.


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