Moody's Corporation

Moody's Corporation

Headquarters at 7 World Trade Center
Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: MCO S&P 500 component
Industry	Business and financial services
Predecessor	John Moody & Company
Founded	1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Founder	John Moody
Headquarters	7 World Trade Center New York City , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Rob Fauber (CEO) Raymond W. McDaniel Jr. (Chairman)
Revenue	US$5.92 billion (2023)
Operating income	US$2.14 billion (2023)
Net income	US$1.61 billion (2023)
Total assets	US$14.6 billion (2023)
Total equity	US$3.32 billion (2023)
Owner	Berkshire Hathaway (13.5%)
Number of employees	15,151 (2023)
Subsidiaries	Moody's Moody's Ratings
Website	moodys.com
Footnotes / references [1][2]

Moody's Corporation, often referred to as Moody's, is an American business and financial services company. It is the holding company for Moody's Ratings (previously known as Moody's Investors Service), an American credit rating agency, and Moody's (previously known as Moody's Analytics), an American provider of financial analysis software and services.

Moody's was founded by John Moody in 1909 to produce manuals of statistics related to stocks and bonds and bond ratings. Moody's was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet in 1962. In 2000, Dun & Bradstreet spun off Moody's Corporation as a separate company that was listed on the NYSE under MCO. In 2007, Moody's Corporation was split into two operating divisions, Moody's Investors Service, the rating agency, and Moody's Analytics, with all of its other products.^[3] It was included in the Fortune 500 list for the first time in 2021.^[4]