9 Years and Counting, American Century Investments is Named to Fortune Magazine's Annual List of the '100 Best Companies to Work For'.KANSAS CITY Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo. -- For the ninth consecutive year - which also marks the company's 50th anniversary - American Century Investments American Century Investments is a privately held investment management firm. Its headquarters are located at 4500 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, near the famous Country Club Plaza. It was formerly known as Twentieth Century Investments. The company was founded by James E. has been named to FORTUNE magazine's annual list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For." The firm made the list at number 22. It is one of three companies in Missouri and the only Kansas City-based company to receive this recognition. American Century Investments also ranks sixth among small companies, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. FORTUNE. "In such a significant year in our company's history, we're honored to again be named to this prestigious list," said Jonathan S. Thomas, president and chief executive officer of American Century Investments. "Knowing that our employees repeatedly rate the company as highly as they do is a strong indication that our core values and beliefs are an important underpinning of our success, as we continue to focus on delivering superior performance on behalf of our investors and clients. " FORTUNE bases selection on an evaluation by the Great Place to Work Institute in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . It includes an employee survey (2/3 weighting) and information the company provides about its human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. practices (1/3 weighting). "Our people tell us this is a great place to work because of our principles - how we run our business," said the company's Chief People Officer Mark Gilstrap. The list and related stories appear in the February 4 issue of FORTUNE, available on newsstands January 28 and at www.fortune.com today. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2008/ snapshots/22.html (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) American Century Investments is a leading investment manager with 50 years of experience helping investors achieve their financial goals. Serving investment professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors, American Century Investments offers a broad array of products across a variety of investment disciplines. With offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Mountain View, Calif. and Kansas City, Mo., the company manages approximately $100 billion in assets through mutual funds, institutional separate accounts, commingled trusts and subadvisory accounts. James E. Stowers James E. Stowers (born 1924) is the founder of American Century Investments and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Jim Stowers graduated from Kemper Military School in Boonville, Missouri. Jr. founded the company in 1958. Jonathan S. Thomas is president and chief executive officer, and Enrique Chang is chief investment officer. For more information about the company, visit www.americancentury.com. |
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