Gekko & Co.

Gekko & Co. was a financial investment corporation run by its founder and CEO, Gordon Gekko, a famed corporate raider.

History
According to Gekko, he was in the finance business since 1969 (when he should've been 25), which implies that Gekko & Co was opened by that time. It has been successful in making investments to companies ever since 1974. Eventually, the company became a client of Jackson-Steinem, a stock broker firm. The company has been a source of wealth for Gekko ever since.

Gordon Gekko, the CEO, inspired Bud Fox, a worker at the firm, into playing with the majors in the financial world. He becomes Gekko's partner and they purchase a substantial amount of Blue Star Airlines' stock, and take control of the airline. Unknown to Bud, Gekko and the rest of his employees only bought Blue Star to sell off its assets, therefore making Gekko and Bud very wealthy. Bud outsmarts Gekko and lowers the stock price bid of the airline to six, forcing Gekko to dump his remaining ownership of the airline.

After the events of the film, Gordon Gekko is caught and arrested on February 1, 1993 for insider trading and securities fraud. After he was sentenced to Otis Federal Prison in 1994, Gekko & Co. was presumably shut down or went bankrupt.

When Gekko was released in 2001, his empire no longer exists. However, he founds his second company in London, and re-gains his reputation and wealth. It is unknown if this company was called Gekko & Co.

Trivia

 * It is unclear as to why Gordon Gekko was only sent to prison in 1993, if all the events that incriminated him were in 1985, eight years before. Gekko should have been arrested in 1985 or, at the very least, early 1986.


 * Gordon Gekko (possibly) started the company in 1969, when he would have been either 24 or 25.

Employees
Gordon Gekko - CEO & Chairman/Majority Shareholder (presumably)

Bud Fox - Former partner

Alex - Secretary

Harold Salt - Lawyer

Ollie - Trader

Natalie - Secretary

Countless Employees