Golden West Financial

Golden West Financial
Company typePublic
NYSE: GDW
IndustryFinancial services
Predecessors
  • Golden West Savings and Loan Association (founded 1929)
  • World Savings and Loan Association (founded 1912)
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963) in Oakland, California
FounderHerbert and Marion Sandler
Defunct2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Fateacquired by Wachovia
SuccessorWachovia
Headquarters
Oakland, California
,
US
Number of locations
283 (2005)[1]
Area served
Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, and Texas
$1.5 billion[1]
Total assets$124.6 billion[1]
Number of employees
11604[1]
SubsidiariesAtlas Securities; World Savings and Loan
Websitegoldenwestworld.com

Golden West Financial was the second-largest savings and loan association in the United States, operating branches under the name of World Savings Bank.

  1. ^ a b c d "10-K filings for Golden West" (PDF), Golden West Financial, 2005, retrieved April 22, 2010