The Charles Schwab Corporation , is an American brokerage and banking company, based in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1971 by Charles R. "Chuck" Schwab, as a traditional, brick and mortar brokerage firm and investment newsletter publisher. In 1973, the company name changed from First Commander Corporation to Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. The company started offering discount brokerage on May 1, 1975, and would become one of the world's largest discount brokers.
The new "Wall Street Week" revitalizes the landmark financial television program that educated and empowered millions of viewers for over three decades. Now hosted by self-made financier and entrepreneur Anthony Scaramucci, the half-hour show features critical insights from the world's leading investors, CEOs, policy-makers and other top names in finance and government on the biggest stories impacting the global capital markets and economies. Filmed at 3 Times Square, "Wall Street Week" airs Sunday mornings on FOX affiliates in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. and streams live on www.wallstreetweek.com. It is produced by former CNBC senior executive Susan Krakower, creator of "Mad Money with Jim Cramer" and "Fast Money," and presented by SkyBridge Media LLC, the media affiliate of global alternative investment firm SkyBridge Capital.