| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:financial_services_company gptkb:asset_management_company
 
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                                | gptkbp:acquiredBy | gptkb:Bank_of_America 
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                                | gptkbp:acquisitionYear | 2009 
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                                | gptkbp:brand | gptkb:Bank_of_America 
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                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:division | gptkb:Bank_of_America 
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                                | gptkbp:formerName | gptkb:Merrill_Lynch,_Pierce,_Fenner_&_Smith_Inc. 
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                                | gptkbp:foundedBy | gptkb:Charles_E._Merrill gptkb:Edmund_C._Lynch
 
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                                | gptkbp:foundedYear | 1914 
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                                | gptkbp:headquartersLocation | gptkb:New_York_City 
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                                | gptkbp:industry | financial services wealth management
 asset management
 investment banking
 
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                                | gptkbp:keyPerson | gptkb:Brian_Moynihan gptkb:Andy_Sieg
 gptkb:John_Thiel
 Sallie Krawcheck
 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:250_Vesey_Street,_New_York,_NY 
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                                | gptkbp:logo | Merrill Lynch bull 
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                                | gptkbp:notableAlumni | gptkb:Robert_McCann gptkb:Brian_Moynihan
 gptkb:Greg_Fleming
 gptkb:James_Gorman
 gptkb:John_Thain
 gptkb:Andrea_Orcel
 gptkb:Daniel_Tully
 gptkb:David_Komansky
 gptkb:E._Stanley_O'Neal
 gptkb:Herbert_Allison
 gptkb:Jeff_Edwards
 gptkb:Stan_O'Neal
 gptkb:Winthrop_H._Smith_Jr.
 Sallie Krawcheck
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | gptkb:2008_financial_crisis subprime mortgage crisis
 acquisition by Bank of America
 
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                                | gptkbp:numberOfEmployees | approximately 15,000 (2023, wealth management) 
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                                | gptkbp:parentCompany | gptkb:Bank_of_America 
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                                | gptkbp:products | gptkb:research retirement planning
 wealth management
 asset management
 brokerage
 capital markets
 investment banking
 private banking
 financial advisory
 
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                                | gptkbp:stockSymbol | gptkb:MER_(historical) 
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                                | gptkbp:subsidiary | gptkb:Bank_of_America 
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                                | gptkbp:tradedOn | NYSE: MER (before acquisition) 
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                                | gptkbp:website | https://www.ml.com/ 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Bank_of_America gptkb:YES_Network
 gptkb:2008_financial_crisis
 gptkb:International_Finance_Centre
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Merrill Lynch 
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