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The Vanguard Group

American investment management company
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The Vanguard Group

Summary

The Vanguard Group is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 0.12% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,976 views/month, #36 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Vanguard Group is in the country of United States[3].
  • The Vanguard Group is in the country of US[4].
  • The Vanguard Group's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • The Vanguard Group's instance of is recorded as company[6].
  • The Vanguard Group's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • The Vanguard Group's founder is recorded as John C. Bogle[8].
  • HMS Vanguard is named after The Vanguard Group[9].
  • The Vanguard Group's headquarters location is recorded as Malvern[10].
  • The Vanguard Group is part of list of companies involved in the Gaza war[11].
  • The Vanguard Group's Commons category is recorded as The Vanguard Group[12].
  • The Vanguard Group's industry is recorded as financial services[13].
  • May 1, 1975 marks the founding of The Vanguard Group[14].
  • 1974-09-24 marks the founding of The Vanguard Group[15].
  • The Vanguard Group's official website is recorded as https://www.vanguardinvestor.co.uk/[16].
  • The Vanguard Group's official website is recorded as https://investor.vanguard.com/[17].
  • The Vanguard Group's product or material produced is recorded as asset management[18].
  • The Vanguard Group's product or material produced is recorded as mutual fund[19].
  • The Vanguard Group's product or material produced is recorded as exchange-traded fund[20].
  • The Vanguard Group's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+15000'}[21].
  • The Vanguard Group's legal form is recorded as privately held company[22].
  • The Vanguard Group's legal form is recorded as 8888[23].
  • The Vanguard Group's owner of is recorded as Apple Inc.[24].
  • The Vanguard Group's owner of is recorded as Microsoft[25].
  • The Vanguard Group's owner of is recorded as Amazon[26].
  • The Vanguard Group's owner of is recorded as The Walt Disney Company[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493002789CX3L0CJP65[28]

  • Registered legal name: The Vanguard Group, INC.[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-PA[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 8888[32]

  • Other legal form: Corporation[33]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[34]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[35]

  • Entity created: 1974-09-24[36]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-02-12[37]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-05-06[38]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-06-24[39]

  • Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28[40]

  • Registration authority: RA000632[41]

  • Authority entity ID: 604632[42]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]

Body

Founding

The Vanguard Group's founder is recorded as John C. Bogle[8]. Recorded inception include May 1, 1975[14] and 1974-09-24[15].

Identity

The Vanguard Group is part of list of companies involved in the Gaza war[11].

Operations

The Vanguard Group's headquarters location is recorded as Malvern[10].

Industry

The Vanguard Group's industry is recorded as financial services[13].

Ownership

Products include asset management[18], mutual fund[19], and exchange-traded fund[20].

Why It Matters

The Vanguard Group ranks in the top 0.12% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,976 views/month, #36 of 29,529).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . about.vanguard.com. about.vanguard.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [43] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · TGabou · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owner of → Apple Inc., Microsoft, Amazon +42
    Founder → John C. Bogle
    Employees → {'amount': '+15000'}
    Industry → financial services
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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