John Moody
American financial businessman
John Moody (May 2, 1868 – February 16, 1958) was an American financial analyst, businessman and investor. He pioneered the rating of bonds and founded Moody's Investors Service.2
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Born May 2, 1868, died Feb 16, 1958.1
About
Moody's ratings are still issued, carrying on the tradition begun by Moody's Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities and continued by the annual Moody's Analyses of Investments.
He resided in Cranford, New Jersey, from 1893 to 1913.
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Companies
- Moody's CorporationFounder9
- Moody's Investors ServiceFounder10
Career
Occupation: entrepreneur.5
- Date not recordedFounded Moody's Investors Service3
- Date not recordedFounded Moody's Corporation4
Personal life
Moody was the son of William Francis Moody (1834–1919) and his wife Sarah Jane, née Nichols (1839–1897). He was one of five children. He was married to Anna Mulford Addison (1877, Nice, France – 1965); their sons were UCLA philosopher and medievalist, Ernest Addison Moody (1903–1975) and John Edmund Moody (1900–1926), who died of typhoid fever in Messina, Sicily.
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- 1WikidataJohn Moody on Wikidata
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