American Express Financial Advisors Inc.

Number of Employees: Currently there are over 250 Advisors in the Chicago Metro area.

American Express Financial Advisors Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, offers financial planning and other investment advisory services to individuals and business across the country. To help clients implement their financial plans, American Express Financial Advisors also offers an array of more than 100 financial and investment products, certificates, mutual funds, life insurance, annuities, unit investment trusts, securities brokerage services, and limited partnerships from proprietary and non-proprietary sources.

American Express Financial Advisors has been helping people reach their financial goals since 1894. That long-standing commitment was affirmed in 1984, when the then IDS became an American Express Company. Through its affiliation with American Express, IDS has increased its ability to compete in global markets and find new ways to serve its clients. In return, IDS has become one of the best-performing companies in the American Express family. Its financial planning expertise has added an important dimension to American Express services.