What was the name of the brokerage firm Charles E. Merrill worked for before founding Merrill Lynch?
Eastman Dillon & Co.
Goldman Sachs
J.P. Morgan & Co.
E.A. Pierce & Co.
Answer
Before founding Merrill Lynch, Charles E. Merrill worked for E.A. Pierce & Co., a brokerage firm. He eventually left the company to start his own firm, Charles E. Merrill & Co., which later became Merrill Lynch.
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