The Jones Financial Companies (Edward Jones) is a financial services firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. It serves investment clients in the US and Canada, through its branch network of more than 15,000 locations and 19,000 financial advisers. The company has relationships with nearly 8 million clients and $1.7 trillion in assets, under management worldwide. The firm focuses solely on individual investors and small-business owners. Edward Jones is a limited liability partnership owned only by its employees and retired employees and is not publicly traded. Managing Partner Penny Pennington is the only woman to lead a major US brokerage firm.