Founded in 1994, Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc., was incorporated in Wisconsin on March 21, 2011 and became a Delaware corporation on October 29, 2012. The company is a global multi-asset investment platform focused on providing high value-added active investment strategies for growing asset classes to mature clients around the world. Since its inception, the company has maintained a business model designed to maximize their ability to create attractive investment outcomes for their clients, and they believe this model has contributed to their success.