Legg Mason Inc.’s rise to prominence in Baltimore actually began in Virginia. Raymond A. “Chip” Mason, a College of William & Mary graduate, joined his uncle’s brokerage business in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was described by classmates as “having a head for numbers” but he knew next to nothing about the brokerage business. He learned quickly after a group of investors in Newport News wanted Mason to lead a new brokerage. They converted a corner drugstore into Mason & Co. The firm needed capital so…
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