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EZ history
EZ company history timeline
1989: Reincorporation ensues with the help of $10 million capital investment.
A secondary offering of stock in March 1992, at $16.50 per share, raised an additional $26.4 million.
By 1993 the company's financial performance was strong, given the maturity of its stores as well as the greater number of them.
1994: New management and restructuring addresses problems of growth.
While Fortune magazine named EZCORP one of America's Fastest-Growing Companies for 1995, the pace of EZCORP's growth slowed as it closed or consolidated unprofitable stores.
Still, EZCORP celebrated a milestone as its 300th store opened in November 1998; by the end of the following year, the company would boast a chain of 334 stores.
In 1998, the company closed only one store, acquired three stores, and established 35 new stores, for a total of 286 stores in operation.
EZCORP closed 37 stores in 2000, reducing the chain to 299 units in 12 states, and planned to close another 17 stores.
2000: Company initiates payday loan advance service in Texas.
EZCORP expanded to Canada, operating under the name CASHMAX. The company also acquired 30% interest in Cash Converters International in November of 2009.
EZCORP increased interest in Cash Converters International to 33%. The Company was also listed on Fortune Magazine’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies for 2010.
In July 2015, EZCORP announced the Company’s focus on growing core pawn brokering operations in the United States and Mexico, while ceasing involvement with payday, autot title, and installment lending in the United States, closing its United States Financial Services business.
EZCORP, Inc. to Release Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results After Market Close on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 May 4, 2021
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| Company Name | Founded Date | Revenue | Employee Size | Job Openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Vanguard Group | 1975 | $6.9B | 17,600 | 141 |
| SoFi | 2011 | $3.8B | 1,383 | 768 |
| Berkshire Hathaway | 1839 | $371.4B | 360,000 | 256 |
| Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. | 1989 | $35.0M | 66 | - |
| Norwest Venture Partners | 1961 | $25.0M | 125 | 15 |
| TheStreet | 1996 | $62.5M | 800 | - |
| Business Wire | 1961 | $147.2M | 882 | 13 |
| Cash America Financial Services, Inc | 1999 | $26.0M | 50 | - |
| First Cash Financial Services | 1988 | $3.4B | 17,000 | 1,681 |
| Cashland | - | $65.7M | 35 | - |
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