Capital Group Companies

Summary

Capital Group Companies is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,505 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Capital Group Companies is in the country of United States^[3].
• Capital Group Companies is in the country of US^[4].
• Capital Group Companies's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• Capital Group Companies's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[6].
• Capital Group Companies's founder is recorded as Jonathan Bell Lovelace^[7].
• Capital Group Companies's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles^[8].
• Capital Group Companies's child organization or unit is recorded as American Funds Distributors^[9].
• Capital Group Companies's child organization or unit is recorded as Capital Research and Management Company^[10].
• Capital Group Companies's industry is recorded as financial services^[11].
• 1931 marks the founding of Capital Group Companies^[12].
• 1966 marks the founding of Capital Group Companies^[13].
• 1966-08-11 marks the founding of Capital Group Companies^[14].
• Capital Group Companies's location of formation is recorded as Los Angeles^[15].
• Capital Group Companies's official website is recorded as https://www.capgroup.com^[16].
• Capital Group Companies's product or material produced is recorded as asset management^[17].
• Capital Group Companies's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+7000'}^[18].
• Capital Group Companies's legal form is recorded as privately held company^[19].
• Capital Group Companies's legal form is recorded as XTIQ^[20].
• Capital Group Companies's assets under management is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+1700000000000'}^[21].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493007PLZSLIFWICM52^[22]

• Registered legal name: The Capital Group Companies, INC.^[23]

• Legal jurisdiction: US-DE^[24]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[25]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ^[26]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[27]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[28]

• Entity created: 1966-08-11^[29]

• LEI first registered: 2013-04-12^[30]

• LEI last updated: 2025-08-12^[31]

• LEI next renewal: 2026-08-20^[32]

• Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12^[33]

• Registration authority: RA000602^[34]

• Authority entity ID: 644710^[35]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[36]

Body

Founding

Capital Group Companies's founder is recorded as Jonathan Bell Lovelace^[7]. Recorded inception include 1931^[12], 1966^[13], and 1966-08-11^[14]. Its location of formation is recorded as Los Angeles^[15].

Operations

Capital Group Companies's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles^[8]. Subsidiaries include American Funds Distributors^[9], a business^[37], in United States^[38] and Capital Research and Management Company^[10], a business^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1940^[41], headquartered in Los Angeles^[42].

Industry

Capital Group Companies's industry is recorded as financial services^[11].

Ownership

Capital Group Companies's product or material produced is recorded as asset management^[17].

Why It Matters

Capital Group Companies ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,505 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]