The Vanguard Group: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The Vanguard Group is an American investment management company that offers mutual funds and other financial products and services to individual investors and institutional investors in the United States and abroad. Company headquarters are near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Its founder, John C. Bogle is credited with the creation of the index fund.

Since its founding in 1975, Vanguard has grown to become the world’s largest pure no-load mutual fund company. In addition to mutual funds, Vanguard offers brokerage services, variable and fixed annuities, and life insurance, as well as financial planning, asset management, and trust services.