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 Headquarters at 1345 Avenue of the Americas | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Founder | Henry Baldwin Hyde |
| Headquarters | 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, United States |
Key people | Mark Pearson (president & CEO) |
| Products | Insurance (life, annuities, reinsurance) |
| Revenue |  US$12.4 billion (2024) |
| US$1.23 billion (2024) | |
| AUM | US$792 billion (2024) |
| Total assets | US$296 billion (2024) |
| Total equity |  US$1.59 billion (2024) |
Number of employees | c. 8,000 (2024) |
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| Website | equitableholdings |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
Equitable Holdings, Inc. (formerly The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, and also known as The Equitable) is an American financial services and insurance company that was founded in 1859 by Henry Baldwin Hyde.
In 1991, French insurance firm AXA acquired majority control of Equitable.[2] In 2004, the company officially changed its name to AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company.[3] In January 2020, it changed its name to Equitable Holdings, Inc. following its spinoff from AXA and the related public offerings beginning in May 2018.[4][5]
- ^ "Equitable Holdings, Inc. 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 24, 2025.
- ^ Malkin, Lawrence; Neher, Jacques (July 19, 1991). "French Insurer To Put $1 Billion Into Equitable: Axa Buys Stake in U.S. Firm". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on March 3, 2025 – via nytimes.com.
- ^ "AXA Equitable History". AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ Scism, Leslie; Friedman, Nicole (January 13, 2020). "U.S. Insurer AXA Equitable Leaves AXA Name Behind". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Announcing Equitable: A New Day for a 160-Year-Old Financial Services Company" (Press release). New York: Equitable. Business Wire. January 14, 2020. Archived from the original on March 3, 2025.