John W. Bachman

Managing Partner, Edward Jones
Vice Chairman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Guiding your business through uncertain economic times. Looking for top line revenue growth opportunities. Expense management in 2004 New and viable business opportunities. Managing the impact of Federal Regulations and Legislation affecting your business

 

John W. Bachmann, managing partner of Edward Jones, grew up in Salem, Ill.  He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind., and a master’s in finance from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.  Bachmann is also a graduate of the Institute of Investment Banking at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Laws from Wabash College and an honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

           Bachmann began his career at Edward Jones as a part-time college intern in 1959.  Upon completion of his formal education, he joined the firm full time.

           Beginning in 1963, Bachmann spent seven years as a retail investment representative in Columbia, Mo., and in 1970 returned to St. Louis as a principal with responsibility for fixed-income product marketing.  He later gained experience in strategic planning, corporate finance and technology.

           In 1980, Bachmann succeeded Edward D. “Ted” Jones Jr. as managing partner of Edward Jones.  Since then, he has built upon Mr. Jones’ philosophy of serving the needs of individual investors from one-investment-representative offices located in communities throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.  This includes using technology in a way that directly benefits, yet is transparent to, individual investors.  During Bachmann’s tenure, Edward Jones has grown from 220 offices in 28 states to nearly 9,000 offices throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. 

          Bachmann served two terms as chairman of the Securities Industry Association in 1987 and 1988, a time of great turbulence because of the October 1987 stock market crash. 

          Bachmann’s current outside activities include:  member of Civic Progress; director of the Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis; Vice Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; trustee of Wabash College; chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Peter F. Drucker Center of the Claremont Graduate School; trustee of Washington University in St. Louis; trustee of the St. Louis Science Center; and director of AMR Corporate, American Airlines and the NASD.  He also serves as chairman of the Aviation Task Force to bring St. Louis a more modern airport.