Alex. Brown & Sons was founded in 1800 as the nation's first investment banking firm. Over the years, the company has been pivotal in financing the continent's first railroad, launching IPOs for big-name companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems, and brought AOL and Starbucks public. Today, Alex. Brown - Raymond James operates under the original Alex. Brown brand through Raymond James. Raymond James Financial has more than 8,000 financial advisors in 3,000+ locations throughout the United States, Canada, and overseas. Building on a financial tradition that began in 1800, today Alex. Brown - Raymond James excels in the art of creating opportunity for successful and sophisticated high-net-worth and ultra-high-net worth clients, family offices, executives, and more. Alex. Brown - Raymond James combines industry expertise and strategic insight to craft bespoke answers to sophisticated and complex financial planning questions – and everything in between.