The company offers mutual funds, subadvisory services, and separate account management for individuals, institutions, retirement plans, and financial intermediaries.
Thomas Sr. served as a surgeon for the Western Maryland Railroad for many decades as well as a local "country doctor" for Glyndon, and was the attending physician at the birth of his own children.
Eleanor's father, William D. Gherky, was an inventor and engineer who had been a "former research associate of Thomas Alva Edison" and had helped to convert major American cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Philadelphia, and Baltimore from gas and steam power to electricity.
However, he soon realized that he was more interested in money management than scientific research, and left DuPont to join a series of small investment firms and brokerages.
The core of Price's approach, proprietary research to guide investment selection and diversification to reduce risk, has remained part of the firm's principles.