American Express

Global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler’s cheque businesses.

Launch date

Mar 1850

Employees

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

$181.4b (Public information from Sep 2024)

New York City New York (HQ)

https://www.americanexpress.com

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Corporate Venture Fund: American Express Ventures

Revenues, earnings & profits over time

USD	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenues	36.1b	42.4b	52.9b	60.4b	66.0b	71.9b	77.9b
% growth	(17 %)	17 %	25 %	14 %	9 %	9 %	8 %
EBITDA	-	-	-	21.1b	24.9b	27.8b	30.8b
% EBITDA margin	-	-	-	35 %	38 %	39 %	39 %
Profit	3.1b	8.1b	7.5b	8.4b	9.8b	10.4b	11.6b
% profit margin	9 %	19 %	14 %	14 %	15 %	14 %	15 %
EV / revenue	2.7x	3.0x	2.1x	2.3x	2.8x	2.6x	2.4x
EV / EBITDA	-	-	-	6.5x	7.4x	6.6x	6.0x

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
-	Greycroft Partners Autonomy Ventures	N/A	-
Jul 1983	N/A	N/A	IPO
Feb 2008	Standard Chartered	$823m	Acquisition
Total Funding		-

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