Raymond James Financial

Ann Pett, Robyn Lardner and Mary Raynes visited one of the four Raymond James Financial Service towers of Tampa.

Raymond James was founded in 1962 and a public company since 1983. Raymond James is a diversified financial services holding company with subsidiaries engaged primarily in investment and financial planning, in addition to investment banking and asset management. Our stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (RJF).

Through its three broker/dealer subsidiaries, Raymond James Financial has more than 5,300 financial advisors serving 1.9 million accounts in 2,400 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas.

In addition, total client assets are approximately $282 billion, of which approximately $37 billion are managed by the firm’s asset management subsidiaries.

Raymond James has been recognized nationally for its community support and corporate philanthropy. The company has been ranked as one of the best in the country in customer service, as a great place to work and as a national leader in support of the arts.

Who is Raymond James? The name of the company comes from a merging of companies run by Robert A. James and Edward Raymond. Raymond James was incorporated as Robert A. James Investments in 1962. In 1964 Raymond and Associates merged into Robert A. James Investments and the firm of Raymond James & Associates was formed.

David the from St Pete's Sunrise Rotary Club toured us through the Tom and Mary James's art collection that is located through all the Raymond James's buildings.

The Art
The Tom and Mary James-Raymond James Financial Art Collection, located at the corporate headquarters in St. Petersburg, Florida, consists of more than 2,000 works of art, and includes paintings, sculptures, graphics, drawings, mixed media and prints. Ninety-five percent of the collection is owned by Tom and Mary James. It is also one of Florida's largest private art collections.
The collection began in the 1950s and initially featured mostly American artists. In the mid 1980s, while on trips to Colorado and New Mexico, James began collecting the Western and Southwestern art that currently makes up more than 50 percent of the collection. The collection also includes pieces by Alexander Calder, Salvador Dalí, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Miró, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist and Andy Warhol.
Tom James has been president of the Dali Museum Board of Trustees since 1994, and Raymond James has been the title sponsor of the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts in Tampa, for the past 11 years. The company has also supported other arts organizations and festivals around the Tampa Bay area, and was recognized in October 2008 with a Business in the Arts Award from the Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts.


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Raymond James Stadium
Raymond James first purchased the naming rights to Raymond James Stadium in 1998; in 2006, the firm extended the contract until 2015. The stadium, located in Tampa, FL, is home to the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the University of South Florida Bulls. Raymond James Stadium also hosts the New Year’s Day Outback Bowl, as well as concerts and special events. It was also the host of Super Bowl XXXV on January 28, 2001 and Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009.