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The History of T. Rowe Price

Watch: From Quiet Beginnings to a Global Presence

Since 1937, T. Rowe Price has been driven to deliver investment management products and services that investors can rely on now and over the long term.

A Legacy of Strategic Investing

T. Rowe Price has been a client-centered firm with a long-term approach since our founding.

1937
Thomas Rowe Price, Jr., sets out to create an organization “with a reputation for the highest character and the soundest investment philosophy.”

1950
Launches its first mutual fund, records its first full profitable year, and prepares to start serving institutional clients.

1960
Launches its second mutual fund and expands the growing firm to more than 100 associates.

1971
Establishes a Fixed Income division and begins launching a host of new fund strategies.

1974
Introduces innovative company-sponsored defined contribution plans, leading the industry.

1979
Begins a joint venture with UK partner Robert Fleming, who managed many new international strategies.

1986
Grows to 17 funds, holds its initial public offering, and begins trading on the Nasdaq as TROW.

1990
Launches Retirement Plan Services (RPS), a full-service retirement plan recordkeeper.

1999-2000
Joins the S&P Stock Index and acquires full ownership of Rowe Price-Fleming International.

2019
Introduces ETFs that employ the firm's successful actively managed investment approach.

2020
Establishes T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc., and total assets under management surpass $1 trillion.

2022-2023
Breaks ground for new global headquarters at Harbor Point and acquires Oak Hill Advisors.

A remarkable history

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