Alex. Brown, a Division of Raymond James

Alex. Brown & Sons was founded in 1800 as the nation’s first investment banking firm. Over the years, the company has been pivotal in financing the continent’s first railroad, helped launch IPOs for big-name companies such as Microsoft, Oracle and Sun Microsystems and brought AOL and Starbucks public. Today, Alex. Brown is a division of Raymond James and operates under the original Alex. Brown brand. Through its three broker/dealer subsidiaries, Raymond James Financial has more than 7,300 financial advisors in 3,000 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. Total client assets are $693 billion.