Fisher Investments has a major branch located in Austin, Texas, known as Fisher Investments Austin. This office plays a significant role in Fisher’s operations and growth strategy. The Austin office allows Fisher to tap into the city’s rich talent pool and tech hub environment. With its prime location, large workforce, and high-growth focus, Fisher Investments Austin represents a critical part of Fisher’s future.
Fisher picked Austin for expansion due to tech talent and business friendly environment
Fisher Investments selected Austin for a major expansion effort back in 2008 due to the city’s burgeoning technology industry and business-friendly policies. Austin has developed into a major tech hub, home to operations for Apple, Google, Facebook, Dell and many other tech leaders. This provides Fisher access to world-class engineering and programming talent. Additionally, Texas offers a low-tax and low-regulation environment that favors business growth and innovation. With a strong existing presence in California, opening a large office in Austin gave Fisher a strategic foothold in another key state for tech and finance.
Fisher Investments Austin location and office size
The Fisher Investments Austin office is centrally located downtown at 301 Congress Avenue, on the 15th floor of the Frost Bank Tower. This prime location places Fisher close to many other major employers in the city. Fisher Investments Austin takes up 65,000 square feet of space in the building. This large footprint enables Fisher to accommodate a workforce of over 400 employees in Austin, making it one of the firm’s major hubs globally.
Significant portion of Fisher workforce is based in Austin
With over 400 employees, Fisher Investments Austin represents a major presence and base of operations. Key functions housed in the Austin office include investment research, client services, data science engineering, marketing, human resources and finance. Significant growth is planned going forward – Fisher aims to fill 70 more high-skilled jobs in Austin in 2023. As Fisher continues its rapid expansion worldwide, the Austin hub provides crucial capabilities and talent to support the company’s ambitious strategic vision.
Austin office focuses on engineering, research, analytics
While Fisher has operations spanning investment research, client services and trading/investing, the Austin office specializes in engineering, research and analytics. Many of Fisher’s software engineers, data scientists and programmers are based in Austin. They develop cutting-edge platforms and analytics capabilities to drive Fisher’s performance. The Austin office also houses an Investment Research team covering Chinese equities and other asset classes. Overall, the workflows centered in Austin leverage Fisher’s strengths in technology, research and innovation.
Young, high-growth environment in Austin office
The typical employee profile at Fisher Investments Austin skews young, with many workers in the 25-35 age range. This youthful workforce brings energy and upside to the growing Austin office. Employees praise the collaborative, transparent team environment. There is a high-growth mentality, with opportunities to take on responsibility rapidly. The Austin culture feels more casual and entrepreneurial compared to Fisher’s other offices. Overall, Fisher Investments Austin represents an exciting hub for ambitious finance and technology professionals to advance their careers.
With its large presence in downtown Austin, Fisher Investments has established a major hub to tap into the city’s skilled workforce. The Austin office focuses on engineering, research, analytics and innovation to support company growth.