citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message csc logo corporation service company csc type privately held corporation industry registered agent corporate governance corporate compliance name and intellectual property management founded delaware 1899 headquarters wilmington delaware usa products corporate litigation domain intellectual property and lien portfolio management number of employees 1 600 need citation website cscglobal.com corporation service company csc is one of the largest registered agent service companies in the world . csc represents hundreds of thousands of business entities worldwide including nearly 90 % of the fortune 500 and top global brands . 1 history edit csc commenced business in 1899 . otho nowland then president of equitable guarantee & trust company suggested to a young lawyer named christopher ward that they establish an agency to organize business entities corporations etc. and act as their registered agent . with an initial investment by nowland and ward the delaware incorporators trust company was created . a similar company was formed separately by josiah marvel an attorney and then leader of the american bar association the delaware bar association and the delaware state chamber of commerce 2 in 1920 ward and marvel combined their two companies under the name corporation service company csc . 3 throughout the 1970s csc continued to serve only delaware business entities . the company increased in size while delaware s reputation as the corporate state also grew . from 1980 to 1985 csc continued to grow . it received a cash infusion from the sale of its subsidiary company the delaware charter guarantee & trust company which it had acquired in 1977 . in 1990 csc acquired florida based corporate information services cis . this acquisition was the first of many designed to expand csc s scope beyond the state of delaware . between 1990 and 1998 csc expanded through the acquisitions of nine other service providers including prentice hall legal & financial services in 1995 and entity service group llc in 1998 . 4 bruce r. winn began serving as csc s president in 1997 and its chief executive officer in 1998 . winn had an aggressive personality and made it known that he wanted csc to surpass ct corporation as the largest agent service company . citation needed and gave every new employee an actual golden spike and told them that they are to drive it through the heart of ct corporation csc s larger competitor . citation needed during the september 11 attacks the company had offices on the 87th floor of the world trade center s south tower . it was among the few organizations located above the impact zones in either tower to weather the attacks unscathed as all 60 employees present at the time of the attacks managed to evacuate the tower before the second plane struck . 5 in 2003 csc acquired lexis nexis document solutions 6 to supplement its uniform commercial code ucc secured lending and motor vehicle services . in 2010 csc announced the election of rodman ward iii as its president and chief executive officer . ward previously served as a board member for 15 years and is a fourth generation descendant of christopher ward one of the company s founders . in 2013 csc acquired the corporate domain name and online brand services business division of web host melbourne it . the unit operates under a new name csc digital brand services and offers services including domain name management trademark searching phishing protection ssl certificates dns and new gtld solutions . 7 in 2014 csc announced that it had acquired ip mirror a singapore based provider of corporate domain name registration and online brand protection services . 8 references edit csc our history how delaware became no. 1 http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html res f10a1ef7355e157493cba9178ed85f428785f9 miss ward has bridal . the new york times . 1982 10 07 . retrieved 2008 04 20 . incorporated in delaware firm thrives on the work csc networks has been so successful that it has been able to expand . . www.philly.com . retrieved 14 july 2014 . moore martha september 2 2002 . delay meant death on 9 11 . usa today . usatoday.com . retrieved 2010 06 01 . lexisnexis selling illinois unit . www.bizjournals.com . dayton business journal . retrieved 19 june 2014 . csc acquires dbs from melbourne it . csc acquires ip mirror . csc s history page is source for much of the history content 1 external links edit corporation service company csc official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title corporation service company & oldid 743504267 categories privately held companies based in delawareservice companies of the united stateslegal organizationscompanies based in wilmington delawarecompanies established in 18991899 establishments in 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