that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message realty income corporation type public nyse o genre real estate finance founded 1969 headquarters san diego california 1 area served nationwide key people john p. case ceo 2 revenue 1.023 billion 2015 . 3 slogan the monthly dividend company website www.realtyincome.com realty income corporation nyse o is a real estate investment trust . it is chartered in the state of maryland and has its headquarters in san diego california . as of december 31 2015 the company owns over 4 500 commercial real estate properties in 49 states with a total market capitalization of approximately 18.2 billion . 3 in march 2015 the company was added to the s & p 500 . 4 contents 1 history 2 trademark 3 properties and portfolio management 4 ratings and awards 5 references 6 external links history edit realty income corporation was founded in 1969 by william e. clark and evelyn j. clark . 5 its first acquisition was a taco bell restaurant in early 1970 . initially the company focused on acquiring properties from the clarks development company which engaged in land acquisition construction leasing and sales of fast food restaurant properties . 6 the company used cash to purchase the land needed for stores that required real estate to run and then leased the property to the stores long term . 7 by 1992 the company had formed 22 partnerships which controlled 628 properties and involved 68 000 individual partners . in 1994 it merged its various partnerships into a publicly traded company listed on the new york stock exchange with the single letter o as its symbol . the company rolled all of its partnerships into one entity and issued stock to its partnership base . 8 william e. clark jr. retired as ceo in 1997 succeeded by thomas a. lewis who was in turn succeeded by john case in 2013 . clark remained as chairman until 2009 and was followed by donald r. cameron and then michael d. mckee who is the current chairman of the board . 9 10 in 2010 the company expanded its real estate holdings to include wineries in the napa valley . 11 in 2012 the company announced the acquisition of american realty capital trust nasdaq arct a publicly traded reit founded by nicholas schorsch for 3.2 billion . 12 13 the deal closed in january 2013 . 14 i . 15 16 the enterprise value of realty income at that time increased to 12.4 billion with an equity market capitalization of 8.4 billion . 17 realty income saw its 2013 revenues rise more than 61.2 % as compared to 2012 . 18 in 2015 the company was included on the s & p high yield dividend aristocrats index for boosting its dividend 79 times over twenty years and in seventy consecutive quarters . 19 in march 2015 the company was added to the s & p 500 . 20 trademark edit in 2002 realty income corporation received a registered trademark for the phrase the monthly dividend company emphasizing its practice of paying investor dividends on a monthly rather than quarterly basis . as of february 2016 it has paid 537 dividends in the 47 years since its founding in 1969 and has increased the dividend 84 times since the company was listed on the nyse in 1994 with total payouts to shareholders exceeding 3.8 billion . 21 22 properties and portfolio management edit the company primarily acquires commercial properties that are freestanding single tenant locations and that are leased to regional and national commercial enterprises under long term net lease agreements . . as of its february 2016 form 10 k filing the company owned 4 538 properties in 49 states with 76 million square feet of leasable space . . 3 ratings and awards edit realty income corporation was listed by forbes magazine as one of the 100 most trustworthy companies for 2009 . 23 it was also named to the list of mergent dividend achievers beginning in 2005 . it has earned investment grade credit ratings from moody s investor services standard & poors and fitch rating agency . 24 references edit location country usahttp www.google.ca finance cid 658117 john p. case profile . businessweek . retrieved february 20 2014 . a b c realty income corporation form 10k for fy 2015 . securities and exchange commission . retrieved february 20 2014 . http www.utsandiego.com news 2015 mar 30 realty income grows into sp 500 index realty income corp 424b5 on 5 2 97 . retrieved may 7 2013 . spotlight on realty income corporation . retrieved may 7 2013 . eric wolff december 8 2010 . real estate local company ready to reap the bubble s remains . union tribune san diego . retrieved may 7 2013 . john mccloud july 1 1998 . realty income stands tall with freestanding holdings . retrieved may 7 2013 . realty income corp o new york . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved march 29 2012 . realty income names new ceo . fool.com . september 3 2013 . retrieved august 20 2014 . kevin mccallum june 24 2010 . iconic napa wineries part of 269 million sale lease deal . press democrat . retrieved may 7 2013 . realty income to acquire american realty for 1.9 billion . bloomberg.com . 2012 09 06 . retrieved 2014 11 13 . http seekingalpha.com article 1796532 realty income does bigger mean better realty income closes american realty capital trust pdf . realtyincome.com . 2013 01 22 . retrieved 2014 11 13 . brian louis september 6 2012 . realty income to acquire american realty for 1.9 billion . bloomberg . retrieved march 7 2013 . google finance . retrieved february 20 2014 . shareholders approve 3 billion acquisition by realty income . san diego business journal . january 17 2013 . retrieved march 7 2013 . realty income reports record results for 1st quarter . san diego business journal . april 29 2013 . retrieved may 7 2013 . charles sizemore february 22 2015 . another solid and boring quarter from the most predictable stock on wall street . forbes magazine . retrieved march 26 2015 . http www.utsandiego.com news 2015 mar 30 realty income grows into sp 500 index realty income corporation dividend history . nasdaq . retrieved february 20 2014 . brad thomas may 10 2012 . insider q & a with ceo of a dividend powerhouse . the street . retrieved may 7 2013 . forbes.com . 2009 04 02 . retrieved 2011 11 30 . fast facts pdf . retrieved march 7 2013 . external links edit realty income corporation website google finance retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title realty income corporation & oldid 724752794 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangereal estate investment trustsfinancial services companies of the united statescompanies based in san diego county californiapublicly traded companies of the united statesescondido californiahidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2016all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with unsupported 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