Drexel, Morgan & Co.

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investment bank partnership

Drexel, Morgan & Co. was a prominent 19th-century American banking firm that served as a key predecessor to J.P. Morgan & Co. and played a major role in U.S. railroad and industrial finance.

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Drexel & Co. 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf investment bank ⓘ
partnership ⓘ
activeInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith Gilded Age finance ⓘ
House of Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York financial elite ⓘ
businessModel private partnership ⓘ
capitalMarketRole channel for European capital into U.S. industry ⓘ
intermediary between European investors and American railroads ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
foundedBy Anthony J. Drexel NERFINISHED ⓘ
J. Pierpont Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped consolidate financial power in New York City ⓘ
key predecessor to J.P. Morgan & Co. ⓘ
industry banking ⓘ
investment banking ⓘ
influenced development of modern American investment banking ⓘ
legacy foundation of the Morgan banking empire ⓘ
model for later American investment banks ⓘ
locatedIn Wall Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableActivity arranging large-scale corporate financings ⓘ
reorganizing distressed railroads ⓘ
underwriting railroad securities ⓘ
notableClientSector industrial corporations ⓘ
railroad companies ⓘ
notablePartner Anthony J. Drexel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francis M. Drexel NERFINISHED ⓘ
George W. Perkins NERFINISHED ⓘ
J. Pierpont Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization Drexel & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorOf J.P. Morgan & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed Europe ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
role major financier of American industrial expansion ⓘ
major financier of U.S. railroads ⓘ
specializedIn corporate bond underwriting ⓘ
government securities ⓘ
industrial finance ⓘ
railroad finance ⓘ
successor J.P. Morgan & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ

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House of Morgan → hasMemberFirm → Drexel, Morgan & Co. ⓘ
Anthony J. Drexel → memberOf → Drexel, Morgan & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drexel & Co.
Anthony J. Drexel → memberOf → Drexel, Morgan & Co. ⓘ
Anthony J. Drexel → founded → Drexel, Morgan & Co. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drexel & Co.