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Stifel Financial is a diversified financial-services provider focused on wealth management, investment banking, and lending. Founded in 1890 as a Saint Louis-based full-service brokerage firm, Stifel has been been transformed during the past three decades by CEO Ronald Kruszewski through a handful of acquisitions, turning it into a globally competitive wealth manager, investment bank, and retail and institutional brokerage. The firm generated $5.5 billion in revenue in 2025, with roughly two-thirds derived from wealth management and one-third derived from trading and investment banking.

JPMorgan Chase is a leading global financial-services firm with operations in 66 countries and nearly 323,000 employees as of September 2026. Under the JPMorgan brands, the bank holding company boasts a $5.1 trillion balance sheet and $2.78 trillion in deposits as of September 2026. The firm generates its revenue across three core operating segments: consumer and community banking, the commercial and investment bank, and asset and wealth management. It maintains the top global ranking in investment banking fees with an 8.4% market share, serves millions of consumers through its network of over 5,000 US branches, and manages nearly $7.9 trillion in client assets within its wealth and asset management franchise.