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Celebrate 40 Years With Us

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Built on Long-Term Leadership

Founded and led for four decades by CEO Bill Stone, SS&C is defined by continuity, discipline, and long-term thinking. This approach has enabled sustained innovation, responsible growth, and enduring partnerships across financial services and healthcare organizations.

Read the latest on SS&C here - Financial Services Review: SS&C Technologies Then, Now, and Beyond.

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40
Years of growth and innovation
22000
+
Clients
27000
+
Employees
70
+
Acquisitions

Three Strategic Priorities for What’s Next

As SS&C marks its 40th year, Rahul Kanwar outlines three strategic priorities that will shape our growth in 2026: deepening our focus on clients, building trust by empowering our people, and driving continuous innovation. Together, they reflect how we’re building on our legacy while investing in what’s next for our clients and markets.

 

Built to Solve What Matters. Proven for What Comes Next.

From a basement startup in 1986 to a global financial technology leader, SS&C has helped organizations operate with confidence, precision and scale. Our platforms support front-, middle- and back-office operations across every major market, delivering resilience through every cycle of change.

 

40 Years of Progress at a Glance

From a basement startup in 1986 to a global financial technology leader, SS&C has helped organizations operate with confidence, precision and scale. Our platforms support front-, middle- and back-office operations across every major market, delivering resilience through every cycle of change.

1980s

1986

Securities Software & Consulting founded in Bill Stone's basement.

1987
  • The first year for SS&C goes well, and the company grows rapidly.
  • Stock market crashes. U.S. markets fall more than 20% on October 19, 1987.
1988

SS&C continues to expand its presence and grows to 38 employees.

1989

SS&C releases CAMRA, which becomes the first client-server, relational database investment accounting system for the insurance and asset management industry.

1990s

1991
  • FILMS introduced, adding front-office trading capability to its product portfolio
  • Offices are opened in Chicago and Los Angeles
1995
  • Annual revenue grows to $18M.
  • Acquisition of Chalke Group
1996
  • Company reincorporates as SS&C Technologies, Incorporated
  • Initial public offering of 3,750,000 shares of common stock

Early 2000s

2000

Y2K marks a significant change from the way financial services companies do business; they don't want to manage and build up back-office operations. ASP is where it's at and SS&C is prepared to take advantage of the trend.

2003

SS&C improves outsourcing revenues in Q4 of 2003 to $3.6M, a 21% increase over the $3.0M posted in Q3 of 2002

2005
  • Company Privatized with The Carlyle Group
  • Acquisition of FMC, expanding investment management software and services

2010s

2010

SS&C again becomes a public company and trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker SSNC

2012
  • Forbes names SS&C to "100 Best Companies List"
  • Acquisition of Thomson Reuter's PORTIA
  • Acquisition of GlobeOp Financial Services S.A.
2015
  • Acquisition of Advent Software
  • Acquisition of Primatics Financial
2018
  • Acquisition of Intralinks
  • Acquisition of DST Systems
  • Acquisition of EZE Software

2020s

2020
  • Acquisition of Capita
  • Acquisition of Innovest Systems
2021

SS&C reaches $2T in assets under administration

2022
  • Acquisition of O'Shares ETFs
  • Acquisition of Hubwise Securities Limited
  • Acquisition of Blue Prism
2024

Acquisition of Battea Class Action Services

2025
  • Acquisition of CURO Fund Services
  • Acquisition of Calastone

Innovation and Future Focus

As financial services and healthcare organizations face increasing complexity, SS&C continues to invest in enterprise automation, analytics, artificial intelligence and cloud native platforms that adapt as fast as markets evolve.

 

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