please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message manpowergroup type public traded as nyse man industry professional services founded 1948 founder elmer winter aaron scheinfeld headquarters milwaukee wisconsin united states number of locations 3 900 offices in 80 countries and territories . area served worldwide key people jonas prising ceo services employment agencies recruitments human resource consulting and outsourcing revenue us 19.33 billion 2015 1 operating income us 524 million 2011 1 profit us 251 million 2011 1 total assets us 6.89 billion 2011 1 total equity us 2.48 billion 2011 1 number of employees 31 000 2012 website www.manpowergroup.com manpower logo manpowergroup formerly known as manpower inc. is an american multinational human resource consulting firm headquartered in milwaukee wisconsin usa . manpower provides recruitment and assessment training and development career management outsourcing and workforce consulting . founded by elmer winter and aaron scheinfeld in 1948 the company was acquired by blue arrow of britain in 1987 but became independent again in 1991 . contents 1 history 2 subsidiaries 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1948 manpower was founded in milwaukee wisconsin by attorneys elmer winter and aaron scheinfeld . the first offices were located in milwaukee and chicago illinois . in 1954 manpower continued expanding in the united states by offering franchise business opportunities in addition to company owned branch offices . in 1956 the company became an international company 1956 offices in montreal and toronto canada . 1956 offices in the uk 1957 offices opened in france 1963 opened in south america 1964 presence in asia in 1962 manpower launched the employment outlook survey citation needed which covers 39 countries . in 1976 upon elmer winter s retirement manpower was sold to the parker pen company . it became independent again in 1986 and a year later was acquired by blue arrow of the united kingdom . it again became independent in 1991 . elmer winter died on october 22 2009 at the age of 97 . on 30 march 2011 manpower inc. changed its name to manpowergroup to better reflect its offerings . under the parent brand manpowergroup s working brands became known as manpowergroup solutions manpower experis and right management . manpowergroup also revamped its logos in an attempt to provide a uniform look and a better representation of how its brands fit together . as of 2011 manpowergroup had over 3 900 offices citation needed in 82 countries citation needed and an office in web based online universe second life . in 2010 the company s total sales equaled us 19 billion worldwide citation needed . manpowergroup s customer base which stands at approximately 400 000 companies includes multinational corporations such as ibm monsanto company ntl and danaher subsidiaries . the number of direct staff manpowergroup has is estimated at more than 30 000 citation needed and the agency employs more than 4.4 million workers each year . manpowergroup is a fortune 500 company . 2 subsidiaries edit manpowergroup has several brands including manpower experis professional resourcing right management outplacement and talent management and manpowergroup solutions rpo msp and talent based outsourcing . experis was formed through merger of elan acquired in 2000 3 jefferson wells acquired in 2001 and manpower professional . 4 in 2007 it acquired clarendon parker an employment business based in the middle east ; in april 2011 it acquired wdc an it services and staffing company in india . see also edit wisconsin portal companies portal professional employer organization employment agency recruiter recruitment temporary work uk agency worker law references edit a b c d e pdf . manpowergroup annual report 2015 manpower inc. http investor.manpowergroup.com 2015annualreport manpowergroup 2015ar.pdf annual report 2015 manpower inc. check url value help . missing or empty title help fortune global 500 2009 the world s biggest companies manpower man . money.cnn.com . 2009 07 20 . retrieved 2012 05 31 . milton tina 2000 01 13 . manpower to acquire elan . computer weekly . about us . experis . retrieved 2014 02 22 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to manpower inc. . official website v t e major companies based in milwaukee allen bradley a. o. smith brady corporation harley davidson johnson controls joy global kohl s koss magnetek manpowergroup marcus corporation miller brewing company northwestern mutual quad graphics rockwell automation briggs & stratton former a. f. gallun & sons blackhawk chain belt company john pritzlaff hardware company journal media group marshall & ilsley midwest airlines nordberg manufacturing company pfister & vogel v t e manpower inc. people marc bolland jeffrey a. joerres elmer winter edward j. zore related companies elan group ltd retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title manpowergroup & oldid 743559231 categories companies based in milwaukeecompanies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 1948management consulting firms of the united statesactuarial firmshuman resource management consulting firmshigh tech recruitment companiestemporary employment agenciesemployment agencies of the united statesmultinational companies headquartered in the united stateshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlspages with url errorsarticles needing additional references from may 2012all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2010articles with unsourced statements from february 2010commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch fran aisbahasa indonesiaitaliano lietuvi nederlands norsk bokm lpolskiportugu s suomisvenskat rk e edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 05 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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