Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Company typePartnership
IndustryInvestment banking
Commercial banking
Private equity
Wealth management
Merger and acquisitions
FoundedJanuary 1, 1931 (1931-01-01), in New York City, US
(merger of Brown Bros. & Co. (1818), Harriman Brothers & Company (1927) and W. A. Harriman & Co. (1922))
Headquarters140 Broadway
New York City
Revenue$1.3 billion
Total assets US$ 55 billion (2020)
Number of employees
5,701 (2020)
Websitewww.bbh.com

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) is the oldest and one of the largest private investment banks in the United States. In 1931, the merger of Brown Brothers & Co. (founded in 1818) and Harriman Brothers & Co. formed the current BBH.

Brown Brothers Harriman is also notable for the number of influential American politicians, government appointees, and Cabinet members who have worked at the company, such as W. Averell Harriman, Prescott Bush, Robert A. Lovett, Richard W. Fisher, Robert Roosa, Alan Greenspan and Scott Bessent.