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5 unusual facts about Prudential Financial


1955 Dodge

Driven almost out of business in 1953 and 1954, the Chrysler Corporation was revived with a $250 million loan from Prudential and new models designed by the legendary Virgil Exner.

Foundation for New Era Philanthropy

In addition, Prudential Securities was a prominent part of the setup (and became the subject of a $90 million lawsuit accusing them of complicity).

Ice pond

He then convinced the Prudential Insurance Company to use a bigger pond to provide air conditioning for a larger building.

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark

The cemetery is dominated by the marble mausoleum of John Fairfield Dryden, the founder of Prudential Financial.

SHPS

SHPS was founded in 1997, as a joint venture between SYKES Enterprises and Health Plan Services, and financed by Prudential Services.


Adrian Lee Kellard

Kellard is represented in the collections of the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, Prudential Insurance Company in Newark, New Jersey, the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, New Jersey, the Grey Art Gallery and Study Center of New York University in New York City and the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, New York.

Alexis Herman

Herman also now serves on the boards of several major companies, includingThe Coca-Cola Company's Human Resources Task Force, Toyota's Diversity Advisory Board, Cummins, MGM Resorts International, Entergy, and Prudential and is the chairman and CEO of New Ventures, Inc.

Cogent Research

Cogent provides research services to multiple Fortune 500 companies located in the financial industry, including Bank of America, TD Ameritrade, John Hancock, Aetna, Prudential Financial, ING, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

Corporate Magic

Other major projects include the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular, Coca-Cola's Centennial, the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th Anniversary Jamboree, international product launches for Mazda, Land Rover and Jaguar, annual corporate gatherings and awards programs for Prudential Financial, Xango and Rite Aid, and several projects for the Dallas Cowboys.

Joe Howell

His acumen, for not only IT development but also business operations comes from his work for companies such as The Prudential Corporation, General Electric Company, The Home Depot Corporation, M&H Sales and Marketing, and New Horizons Computer Learning Centers.


see also

Skandia

The CEO of American Skandia, Wade Dokken partnered with Goldman Sachs and sold the division to Prudential Financial for $1.2 billion.