Edmund C. Lynch
Edmund Calvert Lynch (born May 19, 1885 in Baltimore , Maryland , † May 12, 1938 in London ) and his friend Charles E. Merrill founded the financial services company Merrill Lynch on October 15, 1915 .
Life
Edmund Lynch was born to Richard Lynch and Jennie Vernon Smith Lynch. Edmund Calvert Lynch attended the Boys' Latin School of Maryland in Baltimore and acquired in 1907 at the Johns Hopkins University concluding BA
Lynch met Merrill in 1907 while he was looking for an apartment in New York City . Lynch joined Merrill's company in 1914, four months after Merrill founded it. In 1915, the company's name changed from Charles E. Merrill Company to Merrill, Lynch and Company. In 1924 he married Signa Fornaris, with whom he had three children, Vernon, Edmund Calvert Jr. (who later joined his father's company) and Signa Janney.
He died on May 12, 1938 in London while on a business trip.
He bequeathed $ 50,000 to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on behalf of his brother.
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- Edmund C. Lynch in the nndb (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lynch, Edmund C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lynch, Edmund Calvert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entrepreneur, co-founder of Merrill Lynch |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1938 |
| Place of death | London |