American Century Investments Named to FORTUNE Magazine '100 Best Companies to Work For' List Seventh Year in a Row; Investment Firm Listed at 22nd in 2006 Ranking.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. -- 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 made FORTUNE magazine's 2006 list of the "100 Best Companies to Work for." This is the seventh year in a row that the investment management company has made the list. American Century This article is about the term used for American power in the 20th century. For the investment company, see American Century Investments. "American Century" is a term coined by Time , which ranked 22nd, up from 26th in 2005, is the only Kansas City-based company and one of three Missouri firms on the 2006 list. Among the 27 "small" companies on the list, American Century ranked ninth. The list and related stories appears in the January 23 issue of FORTUNE, available on newsstands January 16 and at www.fortune.com on January 9. Furthermore, American Century was one of only five financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. firms on the list. The firm also ranked high in several subcategories -- first in work-life balance The expression work-life balance was first used in 1986 in the US (although had been used in the UK from the late 1970s by organisations such as New Ways to Work and the Working Mother's Association) to help explain the unhealthy life choices that many people were making; they were and 21st in average annual pay. FORTUNE commended American Century for its adoption assistance program and its fertility treatment coverage. "It's a great honor to be recognized as one of the 100 best companies to work for," said American Century President and Chief Executive Officer William Lyons
Sir William Lyons (1901-1985) was, with fellow motorcycle enthusiast William Walmsley, the co-founder in 1922 of the Swallow Sidecar Company, maker of motorcycle sidecars, and which became Jaguar . "Companies are scored in four areas -- credibility, respect, fairness and pride/camaraderie. Our culture emphasizes all of these areas because we believe our success as a premier investment manager rests squarely with our people." The list is compiled for FORTUNE 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 , which bases its analysis on two criteria: an evaluation of the policies and culture of each company, and the opinions of company employees, the more heavily weighted measure. Two-thirds of the total score is based on how randomly selected employees respond to 57 questions about a range of work-related topics such as attitude toward management, job satisfaction and camaraderie within the organization. The remaining third of the score is based on an evaluation of each company's demographic composition, pay and benefits programs, and corporate culture. American Century Investments is a leading investment manager with nearly fifty years of experience helping investors achieve their financial goals. Serving investment professionals, institutions, corporations and 1.6 million individual investors, American Century offers a broad array of products across a variety of investment disciplines. Based in Kansas City, Mo., the company manages approximately $100 billion in assets through mutual funds, separate accounts, commingled trusts, subadvisory accounts and institutional class funds. 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. His son, James E. Stowers III, is chairman and William M. Lyons is president and chief executive officer. For the past seven years, American Century, which employs 1,900 people, has been selected as one of FORTUNE Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work for in America. For more information about the company, visit www.americancentury.com. |
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