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11-548: This article is about the surname. For the research organization, see Stowers Institute for Medical Research . For the building in Houston, Texas, see Stowers Building . For the asteroid, see 19820 Stowers . Stowers is the surname of: Amando Stowers ( fl. 1941–1951 ), Western Samoan politician Chris Stowers (born 1974), Major League Baseball outfielder Craig Stowers (1954–2022), American jurist, associate justice of
22-834: A family of no-load funds, in Kansas City, Missouri . Stowers started the funds in 1958 with just $ 100,000 in assets from 24 shareholders. He built his business concentrating on small investors. The company changed its name to American Century Investments in 1997. American Century's headquarters are located at 4500 Main in Kansas City, Missouri , near the Country Club Plaza , and employs around 1,300 people. In 2011, JP Morgan Chase sold their 41% stake in ACI to Toronto based bank CIBC . CIBC resold its stake to Nomura Holdings in 2015 for around $ 1 billion as it could not gain full control of ACI. The stake gave Nomura 10.1% of
33-459: Is a biomedical research organization that conducts basic research on genes and proteins that control fundamental processes in living cells to analyze diseases and find keys to their causes, treatment, and prevention. It is located in Kansas City, Missouri adjacent to the University of Missouri–Kansas City main campus. The Institute has spent over 1.8 billion $ US on research. The Institute
44-458: Is a privately controlled and independent investment management firm. The Building has approximately 1,400 employees and its headquarters are located at 4500 Main in Kansas City, Missouri , near the Country Club Plaza ; the company also has offices in New York , London , Hong Kong , and Sydney . The company was founded by James E. Stowers Jr. in 1958 as "Twentieth Century Mutual Funds",
55-558: The Alaska Supreme Court Eli Stowers , American football player Feagaiga Stowers (born 2000), Samoan weightlifter Freddie Stowers (1896–1918), United States Army corporal posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor George Stowers (born 1979), Samoan international rugby player Harry Stowers (1926–2015), American jurist James E. Stowers (born 1924), founder of American Century Investments and
66-538: The Georgia Southern Eagles and Rhode Island Rams football teams Willie Stowers (1887–1971), Western Samoan politician See also [ edit ] Justice Stowers (disambiguation) Stower , a list of people with the surname [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Stowers . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
77-543: The Stowers Institute for Medical Research Julia Stowers (born 1982), American swimmer Kyle Stowers (born 1998), Major League Baseball outfielder Lisa Stowers , American neuroscientist Sal Stowers (born 1986), American fashion model and actress Shannon Stowers , New Zealand rugby league player Sherwin Stowers (born 1986), New Zealand rugby player Tim Stowers (born 1958), head coach of
88-470: The organization employs more than 500 scientists, research associates, technicians and support staff, including more than 140 postdoctoral research associates and graduate students. The Institute is recognized by the IRS as a medical research organization. It is a Missouri not-for-profit corporation, and is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. American Century Investments American Century Investments
99-406: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stowers&oldid=1249673297 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Stowers Institute for Medical Research The Stowers Institute for Medical Research
110-544: The voting rights. The Stowers Institute for Medical Research holds the controlling majority stake in the company. Between 2000 and 2019, the institute received over $ 1.1 billion in dividends from American Century. The company paid a $ 1.5 million settlement to its current and former employees after the United States Department of Justice found that it broke anti-trust laws by conspiring with another company to not compete for employees. In August 2021,
121-616: Was incorporated with an initial donation of $ 500 million in 1994 by James E. Stowers founder of American Century Investments and his wife Virginia Stowers, both cancer survivors. Over the next decade, the couple endowed the institute with gifts totaling almost $ 2 billion. The Institute opened its doors in November 2000 on the former site of Menorah Hospital . In 2008, there were 25 independent research programs plus core facilities in bioinformatics , proteomics , microarray , molecular biology , flow cytometry , and microscopy . In total,
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