Schroders plc is a British multinational asset management company headquartered in London, England. Founded in 1804, it employs over 6,000 people worldwide in 38 locations around Europe, America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It is the 21st largest asset management firm in the world.[4]
Schroders bears the name of the Schröder family, a Hanseatic family of Hamburg with branches in other countries. The Schroder family, through trustee companies, individual ownership and charities, hold 44 per cent of the company's ordinary shares.[5]
History
Schroders' history began in 1804 when Johann Heinrich Schröder (John Henry) became a partner in J.F. Schröder & Co, the London-based firm of his brother, Johann Friedrich (John Frederick), founded in 1800.[6]