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Share of the American Express Company, 1865. In 1850, American Express was started as a freight forwarding company in Buffalo, New York. [13] It was founded as a joint-stock corporation by the merger of the cash-in-transit companies owned by Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company, the successor ...
The front of an American Express Centurion card. The American Express Centurion Card, colloquially known as the Black Card, is a charge card issued by American Express. [1] [2] It is reserved for the company's wealthiest clients who meet certain net worth, credit quality, and spending requirements on its gateway card, the Platinum Card. [3] [4] The firm does not disclose the exact requirements ...
Kenneth Irvine Chenault (born June 2, 1951) is an American business executive. He was the CEO and Chairman of American Express from 2001 until 2018. [3] [4] He is currently the Chairman of the global venture capital firm General Catalyst.
Stephen Squeri (born 1959) is an American business executive [3] and Chairman and CEO of American Express. He first joined American Express in 1985, [4] becoming chief information officer in 2005 [2] and vice chairman in 2015, [5] along with other upper management roles. [5] [6] Squeri became chairman and CEO of American Express on February 1 ...
American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT, legally, Global Business Travel Group, Inc.) is a multinational travel management company headquartered in New York City. Amex GBT has 18,000 employees in more than 140 countries.
Ohio v. American Express Co., 585 U.S. ___ (2018), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the nature of antitrust law in relationship to two-sided markets.The case specifically involves policies set by some credit card banks that prevented merchants from steering customers to use cards from other issuers with lower transaction fees, forcing merchants to pay higher transaction fees to ...
A memorial was constructed to honor the 11 employees of American Express who were victims of the September 11 attacks, it is named the Eleven Tears Memorial. [3] 3 World Financial Center is today the world headquarters of American Express, and was once World Headquarters of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Ralph Thomas Reed [1] (July 6, 1890, Philadelphia – January 21, 1968, New York City) was the president of the American Express Company from 1944 to 1960. He joined the company in 1919 as assistant to the controller. [2] He was the person who made the decision to create the American Express charge card, first issued in 1958.