William Blair Company Description
William Blair & Company provides investment banking, asset management, financing, and brokerage services to corporate, institutional, and private clients. The firm also manages about a dozen domestic and international equity mutual funds, as well as two fixed income funds and a money market fund. Its William Blair Capital Partners unit invests venture capital in consumer products, health care, technology, and business and financial services firms. Founded during the throes of the Great Depression, the employee-owned company financed the growth of many Chicago businesses.
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