Paine Webber
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| Industry | Financial services |
| Fate | Acquired in 2000 by UBS |
| Predecessor | Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis (1942-1984) Paine & Webber (1881-1942) Jackson & Curtis (1879-1942) |
| Successor | UBS Paine Webber, later UBS Wealth Management |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Founder | William Alfred (W.A.) Paine Wallace G. Webber |
| Defunct | 2000 |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, United States |
| Products | Brokerage, Investment management, Investment banking |
PaineWebber and Company was an American stock brokerage and asset management firm that was acquired by the Swiss bank UBS AG in 2000. The company was founded in 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, by William Alfred Paine and Wallace G. Webber. Operating with two employees, they leased premises at 48 Congress Street in May 1881. The company was renamed Paine, Webber & Co. when Charles Hamilton Paine became a partner. Members of the , in 1890 the company acquired a seat on the . Wallace G. Webber retired after the business weathered a major financial crisis that hit the market in 1893.
In May 1881, William Alfred (W.A.) Paine and Wallace G. Webber founded Paine & Webber as a brokerage firm in Boston, Massachusetts with a seat on the . With the admission of Charles H. Paine to the partnership, the firm was renamed, Paine, Webber & Co. The firm would purchase a seat on the in 1890. Also in the 1890s, W.A. Paine entered into a partnership with Copper Range Company and Copper Range Railroad, controlled by John Stanton.
Controlled by the Paine family, Paine, Webber & Co. entered the investment banking business in the 1920s. After nearly fifty years at the head of the company, W.A. Paine died just weeks before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. His son, F. Ward Paine became head of the firm, a position he held until 1940.
Following the difficult years of the Great Depression, Paine Webber merged with Jackson & Curtis, another Boston-based brokerage firm in June 1942. In July 1879, Charles Cabot Jackson and Laurence Curtis had founded their brokerage firm Jackson & Curtis on Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts not far from the original Paine Webber offices. The combined firm, Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, operated a combined total of 22 branch offices. With its greater combined asset base Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis had become a significant participant in the New England financial market.
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