Here's a few more interesting connections involving Vanguard and friends....
AMERIGROUP CORP
An American managed care company.
http://tw.rpi.edu/orgpedia/page/company/0000355872
Director of AMERIGROUP
John W Snow
Dr. Snow served as the head of President Bush's economic policy team and principal spokesman on economic policy.
He served as Secretary of United States Department of The Treasury from January 30, 2003 to June 29, 2006.
As a Secretary of the Treasury, he worked closely with President Bush to strengthen economic growth and create jobs.
He served as a Director at Johnson & Johnson and USX Corp.
http://investing.businessweek.com/resea ... t%2C%20L.P.
Johnson & Johnson
Top Institutional Holders
Holder Shares % Out Value* Reported
State Street Corporation 150,770,557 5.37 12,292,323,512 Mar 31, 2013
Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 128,541,211 4.58 10,479,964,932 Mar 31, 2013
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. 74,800,358 2.66 6,098,473,187 Mar 31, 2013
Wellington Management Company, LLP 53,928,701 1.92 4,396,806,992 Mar 31, 2013
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=JNJ+Major+Holders
Dr. Snow is a former Co-Chairman of the influential Conference Board's Blue-Ribbon Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise.
He served as a Director of AMERIGROUP Corporation from August 05, 2010 to December 24, 2012.
Amerigroup, a wholly owned subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc
http://investing.businessweek.com/resea ... t%2C%20L.P.
WellPoint, Inc
Notable holders
BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC COM 17,860,497 5.97%
VANGUARD GROUP INC COM 13,534,675 4.53%
STATE STREET CORP COMMON EQUITY SHARES 12,588,355 4.21%
Invesco Ltd. COMMON 9,416,503 3.15%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. COM 9,349,144 3.13%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. COM 8,030,218 2.69%
http://www.streetinsider.com/holdings.php?q=WLP
Back to Dr Snow…
Dr. Snow served as a Treasurer and Trustee at Johns Hopkins University until November 2006. He now serves as the Chairman of Cerberus Capital Management
Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is an American private equity firm. The firm is based in New York City, and run by financier Steve Feinberg, who co-founded Cerberus in 1992 with William L. Richter, who currently serves as a senior managing director. The firm has affiliate and/or advisory offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Dan Quayle, former Vice President of the United States 1989–1993, who served with former President George H. W. Bush (Senior), joined Cerberus in 1999 and is chairman of the company's Global Investments Division.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus_C ... Management
In 2007 Cerberus Capital Management was at the center of an emerging Pentagon and CIA contracting scandal that has the attention of three Congressional Committees.
In each case, the companies under investigation have links to prominent GOP figures, including Vice President Dick Cheney, former Vice President Dan Quayle, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and several Republican Congressmen indicted for corruption involving kickbacks from defense contractors. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has also received substantial contributions from conservative fund managers running Cerberus, a virtually unregulated $30 billion hedge fund, which owns the second largest bank in Israel
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/03/1 ... eys-Firing
On October 19, 2011 J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services announced that it was selected by Cerberus Capital Management, to provide fund administration and related securities services for Cerberus investment funds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus_C ... Management
The top 10 holders of J.P. Morgan shares include big money managers such as BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc. and T. Rowe Price Group Inc.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 88022.html
Notable transactions by Cerberus Capital Management include :
Firearms
Acquired Bushmaster Firearms, Inc., from Windham, Maine native Dick Dyke for an undisclosed sum in April 2006, and purchased Remington Arms in April 2007. Under Cerberus direction, Bushmaster Firearms acquired Cobb Manufacturing, a manufacturer of large-caliber tactical rifles in August 2007. Cerberus also acquired DPMS Panther Arms December 14, 2007.[59][60] Remington Arms acquired Marlin Firearms in January 2008.[61][62] In October 2009, Remington Military products acquired silencer manufacturer Advanced Armament Corporation.[63] These companies were combined into the Freedom Group.
Bushmaster AR-15 was used in the ‘Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting’
Cerberus Capital Management founder Stephen Feinberg’s dad, Martin, lives in Newtown. The Connecticut town where 26 schoolkids and staffers were slaughtered with a Bushmaster — and the dad, Martin Feinberg, said the massacre was “devastating.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... z2aigXm7GC
Days after the shootings last December in Newtown, Conn., the investment firm Cerberus Capital Management announced it wanted to sell the company. This followed a major investor, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, had said that the shootings forced it to review its $751.4 million investment with his equity firm.
Following California’s lead, New York’s state and city pension fund systems also reviewed their investments in gun companies — with an eye to possibly divesting.
The city holds nearly $18 million worth of stock in gunmakers Smith & Wesson, Forjas Taurus, Olin Corp., and Sturm Ruger.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... z2aih52ywh
One of the largest shareholders in gun manufacturer Sturm Ruger is The Vanguard Group. Sturm Ruger made the assault weapon used by Anders Breivik during a July 2011 killing spree that left 77 people dead in Norway. Sturm Ruger is based in Southport, CT, less than 30 miles from Newtown. Vanguard is also the largest owner of gunmaker Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/ ... WF20121218
In April Sturm Ruger & Co. reported record sales for the first three months of 2013. Sales jumped 39 percent from an already great level, to $156 million, with a net profit of $24 million.
http://articles.courant.com/2013-04-30/ ... n-firearms
In May Sturm Ruger & Co Inc said it was looking at the accounts of up-for-sale rival Freedom Group but said it was unlikely it would make a bid. Sturm Ruger Chief Executive Michael Fifer said Freedom could be an acquisition opportunity and his company was looking at their books but he expects a deal to be grossly overpriced.
http://www.pehub.com/2013/05/01/reuters ... dom-group/
In June Stephen A. Feinberg, made an offer to buy the Freedom from his own fund.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013 ... reedom.php
In July Stephen Feinberg scrapped a bid for Freedom. Feinberg no longer sees the need to make an offer for the gun company, because Freedom Group is in dialogue with a number of industry players, as well as financial investors, and he views the sale process as robust.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/ ... 0020130703