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Since its founding in 1922, Edward Jones has grown to provide a range of financial services to more than 8 million clients. A subsidiary of Jones Financial Companies, the privately held firm’s more than 19,000 financial advisors offer wealth management services; college and retirement savings plans; investment recommendations in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds; insurance policies and annuities; and cash and credit services. Edward Jones also helps business owners with planning and expense management. The firm initially stayed relatively small under the leadership of its namesake founder and didn’t establish its first branch location until 1957. Edward Jones now has nearly 16,000 branch locations throughout North America. Today, the St. Louis-based firm is led by managing partner Penny Pennington.
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Employees say:
"My leader truly cares. This is the most "pay it forward" culture that I have ever experienced. Other advisors, other support team members, & our home office is filled with people who are willing to go above and beyond to help the firm, their teammates and our clients."
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Employees say:
"Our culture of volunteerism is unique. I was asked to go to a field-lead-training to develop my presentation and leadership skills so that I would be a better leader as my career progresses. From the people running this development program to those participating it was all volunteer, but all very high quality. I feel that I am a better leader and more capable in my job because others took time out of their business to help me."
Employees say: "I love everything about this company! We are making differences in people's lives, and that gives me great satisfaction. We have many opportunities to grow with our company, if we choose to do so, but are not looked down upon if we choose to stay in the position/level we are at. Our opinions are valued, and we are asked to submit suggestions as often as we want—and they listen. I am proud to say I work here!"
"People help each other here and genuinely care about seeing each other succeed. We enjoy being together, and it feels like one big family. I know I could be anywhere in the U.S., and if I was in trouble, I could go to the nearest Edward Jones office and get help from them."
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Employees say:
"I love everything about this company! We are making differences in people's lives, and that gives me great satisfaction. Without the tools that we are given, we would not be able to help our clients, at the level we do, in these ways. We have many opportunities to grow with our company, if we choose to do so, but are not looked down upon if we choose to stay in the position/level we are at. Our opinions are valued and we are asked to submit suggestions as often as we want...and they listen. I am proud to say I work here!"
"People treat you like family and truly care about you as an individual. We have an excellent work-life balance and are able to work flexibly to accommodate family/personal needs."
Edward Jones celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2022, and its regional branches celebrated with service—collecting over 100,000 pounds of food for food banks in Arizona and 1,000 hygiene kits for a Dallas nonprofit that supports child protective services’ work with abused and neglected children.
Edward Jones’ Grassroots Legislative Task Force is the securities industry’s only volunteer advocacy organization that travels to D.C. each year on behalf of all institutional investors. Through the task force, Edward Jones held more than 300 meetings with congressional offices and mobilized nearly 7,000 associates, who wrote more than 26,000 letters asking lawmakers to pass the Secure 2.0 Act, requiring employers to automatically enroll their staff in retirement savings accounts.
The financial services firm prioritizes diversity, with one such effort placing women and people of color in leadership and financial advisor roles at its home office in St. Louis. By 2022’s end, 19% of those positions were held by people of color and 49% by women—almost reaching the firm’s 2025 targets of 20% and 50%, respectively.
