Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1914; 110 years ago (1914)
FounderJohn Knowles Fitch
Headquarters
New York City, New York, U.S. and London, England, UK
Key people
  • Paul Taylor (CEO of Fitch Group
  • Ian Linnell (president of Fitch Ratings and Fitch Ratings Inc.
  • Brian Filanowski (president of Fitch Solutions)
  • Tracey Perini (CFO)
RevenueIncrease $1.7 Billion [1]
Number of employees
5,000 (approximate)
ParentHearst Corporation[2]
Websitefitchratings.com

Fitch Ratings Inc. is an American credit rating agency. It is one of the three nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSRO) designated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is considered as being one of the "Big Three credit rating agencies",[3] along with Moody's and Standard & Poor's.

  1. ^ "2011 Fiscal". FIMALAC. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  2. ^ "Fitch Group Becomes a Wholly-Owned Hearst Business". hearst.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Blumenthal, Richard (May 5, 2009). "Three credit rating agencies hold too much of the power". Juneau Empire. Archived from the original on November 1, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2018.