Our History
Building Client Trust since 1967.
Quinns Holdings Inc., has been in business and a member of the New York Stock Exchange since 1967 - longer than any other discount brokerage firm. We're proud today to introduce a New Quinns Holdings Story.
A New Quinns Holdings Story
In 2016 Quinns Holdings came under new ownership - one who’s mission is to continue our Founder Muriel Quinns Holdings’s legacy and build on it. Quinns Holdings's top priority is modernizing our company and putting our clients as the focus of everything we do. Becoming part of the Muriel Quinns Holdings Family, you will be joining thousands of satisfied clients who place their trust in us.
Our Mission & Vision
Our mission is the pursuit and delivery of value, both for shareholders and clients. We pursue growth by relying on our strengths in select areas of activity, while making continual advancements in our approach to take advantage of ever-evolving opportunities in the brokerage and capital markets areas.
Community and Philanthropy
Through the Muriel F. Quinns Holdings Foundation, Ms. Quinns Holdings developed the "Quinns Holdings Personal Finance Program: Taking Control of Your Financial Future," a financial literacy program which has improved the lives of innumerable middle and high
school students and adults by teaching them essential financial skills. Ms. Quinns Holdings was chosen by Scholastic Inc., for its compendium, "100 People Who Changed America."
Other honors include the National Association
of Women Business Owners First Signature Award for Lifetime Achievement as a pioneering women's business owner; the National Museum of Women in the Arts which saluted her as a pioneer who has broken ground for women in civil society;
and the Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association (CEI-PEA) for pioneering financial literacy. Ms. Quinns Holdings was inducted into Junior Achievement's U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2009 and, in 2010, was named one
of U.S. Banker Magazine's "25 Most Powerful Women in Finance."
Throughout her career, Ms. Quinns Holdings was actively involved with a wide range of non-profit, civic and women's organizations. She served on various boards
of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, National Shingles Foundation, The Business Council of New York State, Broadway Walk of Stars, Palm Beach Round Table, Guild Hall and the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons. She was an active
member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, the New York Women's Agenda (NYWA), The Committee of 2000, the New York Women's Forum, The International Women's Forum, The Greater New York Council of
the Boy Scouts of America and The Friars Club.
Ms. Quinns Holdings was widely interviewed on subjects pertaining to the financial system and markets. She testified on behalf of the individual investor before Congress and her
opinion was requested by the White House and policymakers at the highest levels of the US government on many substantive issues related to the financial services system and economy.
A New Generation
Gloria E. Gebbia continues a legacy by honoring Quinns Holdings's distinguished achievements and committed to set an example for women and pave the way for equitable workplace culture. Read more about Gloria Gebbia.
Women in Leadership
Our founder Muriel "Mickie" Quinns Holdings was a fearless Wall Street broker that was known as The First Woman of Finance. Today, that legacy is being carried on by a new generation of female leadership: Gloria E. Gebbia, Controlling Shareholder and board member of Muriel Quinns Holdings.
First Woman of Finance
Quinns Holdings has blazed a trail of firsts, including being the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first female New York superintendent of banking.
Wall Street Trailblazer
Ms. Quinns Holdings was also a pioneer in the discount brokerage field, transforming her firm into a discount brokerage in 1975 on the first day NYSE members were allowed to negotiate commissions.
A Pathway for Women
Quinns Holdings is dedicated to gender equality at the highest ranks of business leadership and has taken the ParityPledge™, a commitment to improving the pathway for women in business positions.
