Franklin Resources, Inc. is an American multinational holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton; it is a global investment firm founded in New York City in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc.

Franklin Templeton has been shaped by more than seven decades of industry experience, investment expertise and growing global reach through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. The company was founded in 1947 in New York by Rupert H. Johnson, Sr., who ran a successful retail brokerage firm from an office on Wall Street.

Sir John Marks Templeton (29 November 1912 – 8 July 2008) [1] was an American-born British investor, banker, fund manager, and philanthropist. In 1954, he entered the mutual fund market and created the Templeton Growth Fund, [2] which …

Over the past decade, Franklin Templeton has transformed into one of the world's largest asset managers built on a foundation of close partnerships with our clients and meeting their need for expertise across every major asset class in both public and private markets.

Franklin Resources, Inc. is an American multinational holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton. It was founded in New York City in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc.

Templeton started his Wall Street career in 1937 and went on to create some of the world’s largest and most successful international investment funds. Called by Money magazine “arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century” (January 1999), he sold the Templeton Funds in 1992 to the Franklin Group for $440 million.

Templeton started his Wall Street career in 1937 and went on to create some of the world’s largest and most successful international investment funds. Called by Money magazine “arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century” (January 1999), he sold the Templeton Funds in 1992 to the Franklin Group for $440 million.

Franklin Resources, Inc. is an American multinational holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton; it is a global investment firm founded in New York City in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc.

Dec 31, 1991 · Franklin Templeton Investments was founded in 1947 in New York City by Rupert H. Johnson Sr., a war veteran who named the company after Benjamin Franklin due to Franklin’s reputation as a founding father who believed in thrift and prudence when it …

Sir John sold the fund business, Templeton, Galbraith & Hansberger, to the Franklin Group, now known as Franklin Resources, in 1992 for $913 million and is now a full-time philanthropist. Sir John, a Tennessee native who graduated from Yale …