Northern Trust Corporation is a financial services company organized in Delaware and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois that caters to corporations, institutional investors, and high net worth individuals. The company has 85 offices in 18 US states and 20 countries. It is on the list of largest banks in the United States and the list of oldest banks in continuous operation. It is ranked 486th on the Fortune 1000.During its history of over 130 years, the company has only had 10 chief executive officers.
The company strives to give approximately 1.5% of its pre-tax profits to charities every year. In the 10 years preceding 2014, the company gave over $120 million in support of non-profit organizations.The company sponsors The Northern Trust, a PGA Tour event that is the first event in the FedEx Cup playoffs. For 9 years, until 2017, it was the sponsor of the Los Angeles Open PGA Tour event.