William F. Sharpe

Focus Management, Inc. (Focus Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Steve Bird, Kevin J McQuillan and James Boettcher. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Financial Engines, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-enabled financial advisory services. It also offers discretionary portfolio management, personalized investment advice, financial and retirement income planning, and financial education and guidance. The company was founded by William F. Sharpe, Joseph A. Grundfest, and Craig W. Johnson in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Financial Engines Advisors LLC (FEA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The firm was founded in 1997 by William Sharpe, Joseph Grundfest and Craig Johnson. They are a subsidiary of Edelman Financial Engines LLC (NASDAQ: FNGN). FEA provides investment advisory services to individual investors, participants in employer-sponsored defined contribution plans, trusts, estates, pension, retirement and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, foundations, associations, high-net worth individuals, institutions, small to mid-sized businesses including corporations, and other business entities.

Social Science Research Network operates as a website devoted to the rapid dissemination of scholarly research in the social sciences and humanities. It offers a range of visibility advertising opportunities for companies seeking to market its products to professionals in the social science or law areas. Social Science Research Network was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. engaged in scholarly journal publication and distribution. It offeed accounting, anthropology, economics, health economics, humanities, law, management, political science, social insurance, finance, and marketing research journals. The company was founded on December 9, 2009 and was headquartered in New York, NY.