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American Express
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| NYSE: AXP Dow Jones Component S&P 500 Component | |
| Industry | Banking, Financial services |
| Predecessor | Livingston, Fargo & Company Wells, Butterfield & Company Wells & Company[1][2] |
| Founded | Buffalo, New York, U.S. (1850) |
| Headquarters | Three World Financial Center, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kenneth Chenault (Chairman & CEO)[3] |
| Products | Charge card, credit cards, traveler's cheque |
| Services | Finance, insurance, travel |
| Revenue |  US$ 29,962 billion (2011)[4] |
| US$ 6.956 billion (2011)[4] | |
| US$ 4.935 billion (2011)[4] | |
| Total assets | US$ 153.337 billion (2011)[4] |
| Total equity | US$ 18.794 billion (2011)[4] |
Number of employees | 62,500 (2011)[4] |
| Website | AmericanExpress.com |
The American Express Company, (sometimes known as AmEx as variants) is a financial company which today is best known for its credit card business. Sometimes called Amex cards, these credit cards make up nearly a quarter of all credit card transactions in the USA.
Since 1958, the company's mascot has been a Roman centurion.[5]
- ↑ Peter Z. Grossman. American Express: The Unofficial History of the People Who Built the Great Financial Empire. New York: Crown Publishers, 1987. (reprint: Beard Books 2006; ISBN 1-58798-283-8; Chapter 2.)
- ↑ Noel M. Loomis, Wells Fargo. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1968
- ↑ "Top Management Compensation". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "2010 Form 10-K, American Express Company". United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
- ↑ "companylogos.ws - Diese Website steht zum Verkauf! - Informationen zum Thema companylogos". ww1.companylogos.ws. Archived from the original on 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
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