Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1914 (1914)
FounderJohn Knowles Fitch
Headquarters
Key people
  • Paul Taylor (CEO of Fitch Group
  • Ian Linnell (president of Fitch Ratings and Fitch Ratings Inc.
  • Brian Filanowski (president of Fitch Solutions)
  • Tracey Perini (CFO)
RevenueIncrease $1.7 Billion [1]
Number of employees
5,000 (approximate)
ParentHearst Corporation[2]
Websitefitchratings.com

Fitch Ratings Inc. is an American credit rating agency and is one of the "Big Three credit rating agencies",[3] the other two being Moody's and Standard & Poor's. It is one of the three nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSRO) designated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975.

  1. ^ Group, Fitch. "2011 Fiscal". FIMALAC. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2012. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Fitch Group Becomes a Wholly-Owned Hearst Business". hearst.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Blumenthal, Richard (May 5, 2009). "Three credit rating agencies hold too much of the power". Juneau Empire. Archived from the original on November 1, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

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