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Guardian Life
Corporate · Founded 1860 · New York City, United States
Who Guardian Life is.
- Historical Background
- Guardian Life was established in Manhattan in 1860, originally under the name Germania Life Insurance Company. The company was founded by Hugo Wesendonck, a German civil rights lawyer who fled to the United States after the 1848-49 revolution in Europe. It was started with funds from other German refugees. In response to anti-German sentiment during World War I, the company was renamed The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America in 1918.
- Source of Capital
- As a mutual insurance company, Guardian Life is owned by its policyholders. Capital is generated through the sale of insurance policies and other financial products to individuals and businesses. Profits can be returned to whole life policyholders in the form of annual dividends.
The funds Guardian Life backs.
Guardian Life is a limited partner in 112 funds. 19 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking; those lead, best-ranked first.
How Guardian Life’s fund book is spread.
The 112 funds Guardian Life backs, by where the manager is headquartered and how many funds that manager has raised.
Where those managers are based
By fund headquarters, across the 111 of 112 with a location on record.
- North America 9787%
- Europe 1110%
- Rest of world 33%
United States 96 · United Kingdom 7 · China 2 · France 2
How established those managers are
Managers grouped by how many funds they have raised — across the 67 of 112 with a fund history on record.
The companies Guardian Life backs directly.
Guardian Life holds 10 companies directly, separate from the funds it commits to as a limited partner.
Inside Guardian Life’s portfolio.
The 10 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 10 tracked.
SpGePrEvSpHuAvFaOmNaWhere Guardian Life’s portfolio founders come from.
20 founders across the 10 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.
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United States15
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Canada1
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Israel1
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Peru1
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United Kingdom1
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Tel Aviv University3
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Yale University3
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Dartmouth College2
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Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania2
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American University of Beirut1
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Auburn University1
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Cornell University1
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Georgetown University Law Center1
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Harvard University1
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology1
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Enigma2
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301 Ventures1
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Amazon Rekognition1
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Amazon Web Services1
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Atypon1
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Bloomberg1
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BNY Mellon1
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Booz Allen Hamilton1
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Bridgewater Associates1
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Cedar1
Other LPs.
Other corporate and insurance LPs in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to Guardian Life by combined power-law score — North America first, then the nearest worldwide.