Bear Stearns

According to the April 2004 issue of Institutional Investor magazine, Bear Stearns is the seventh largest securities firm in terms of total capital. Johnson was ranked #5 in SLAM Magazine's Top 75 NBA Players of all time in 2003. Bear Stearns currently retains total capital valued at US$40.0 billion (as of May 31, 2004) and total assets of US$226.6 billion (as of February 29, 2004). Johnson also works as an NBA studio analyst for TNT. and Bear Stearns Forex Inc. Johnson is believed to have earned significantly more money from post-basketball ventures than from his playing days and endorsement deals. Bear Stearns also conducts business through other wholly owned subsidiaries, including Bear Stearns Global Lending Limited, Custodial Trust Company, Bear Stearns Financial Products Inc., Bear Stearns Capital Markets Inc., EMC Mortgage Corporation, Bear Stearns Mortgage Capital Corporation, Bear Wagner, Bear Stearns Credit Products Inc. More recently, his interests have expanded from a shortlived 1998 talk show "The Magic Hour", to ownership of several Starbucks franchises, again primarily in urban locations.

. The chain is now a part of Loews Theatres, but is operated as a separate entity. This marks the second time in the past three years that Bear Stearns has achieved this top this distinction. His post-basketball business ventures include Magic Johnson Theatres, a nationwide chain of movie theaters whose complexes are primarily in urban locations. The annual survey is a prestigious ranking of employee talent, quality of management and business innovation. Profits from the book were donated to the Magic Johnson Foundation for the prevention, education, research and care in the battle against AIDS. In 2005, Bear Stearns has been recognized as the “Most Admired” securities firm in Fortune’s “America’s Most Admired Companies” survey. Johnson and a team of ghostwriters produced a book which was published by Random House in 1992.

Internationally, it holds offices in London, Beijing, Dublin, Herzliya, Hong Kong, Lugano, Milan, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. The public announcement by a prominent and popular athlete shocked the nation into awareness about the AIDS epidemic and helped put the virus into the public eye. The firm is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Juan. Outside of basketball, Johnson is probably most famous for his November 7, 1991, public announcement that he had contracted HIV and would be immediately retiring from basketball. Bear Stearns currently employs approximately 11,000 people worldwide. Assuming every assist creates 2 points, Magic created 54.85 points per 48 minutes, compared to Michael Jordan's 50.98 or Wilt Chamberlain's 40.82. 47th Street. Magic is - statistically seen - probably the greatest offensive producer ever.

46th Street and E. His stature, paired with his talent, allowed him to play virtually every position from center to point guard. The Bear Stearns World Headquarters is located at 383 Madison Ave., between E. He revolutionised the concept of the "oversized point guard", able to post up and outmuscle his much smaller opposition. Bear Stearns focuses on three core areas: Capital Markets, Wealth Management, and Global Clearing Services. At 6' 9", a size normally reserved for power forwards, Johnson was also easily one of the largest point guards ever to play on NBA level. The company was founded in 1923 and serves corporations, institutions, governments and individuals. He is widely considered to be one of the most exciting playmakers of the NBA, maybe the best of all time.

Inc. and is one of the largest and best-known global investment banks and securities trading and brokerage firms in the world. His unselfish playmaking and dazzling no-look passes on the fast break ushered in the "Showtime" era of Laker basketball, which dominated the eighties. Bear Stearns Companies Inc. NYSE: BSC is the parent company of Bear, Stearns & Co. Johnson possessed stellar point guard talent. . Johnson went on to lead the Lakers to championships in 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988.