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Fri, February 6, 2009 Prudential Financial Honored as a Top 50 Company By LATINA Style Magazine
NEWARK, N.J.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), was honored yesterday by LATINA Style magazine during the 2008 LATINA Style 50 Awards Ceremony and Diversity Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C.
LATINA Style, a national magazine for the contemporary Hispanic woman, ranked Prudential among its top 50 companies that provide best-in-class development opportunities for Latinas.
Grace Torres, vice president, Mutual Fund Administration accepted the award on behalf of Prudential. "It's an honor to represent Prudential at this prestigious event," Torres said.
"Since joining Prudential in 1994, I have seen the company's ongoing commitment to providing professional development opportunities not only to Latinas, but all employees. I am so proud to work for a company that values diversity and inclusion, not just through programs and initiatives, but in every aspect of the business," said Torres.
The 50 Best Companies are chosen from more than 1,000 prominent U.S. corporations. Companies responding to LATINA Style's questionnaire are evaluated based on the issues identified by their readers as most important in the workplace. Areas of evaluation include: number of Latina executives, mentoring programs, Latina board members, educational opportunities, alternative work policies, dependent and child care support, employee benefits, women's issues, job retraining, affinity groups and Hispanic relations. Prudential is one of two N.J.-based companies to receive the award.
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader with approximately $558 billion assets under management as of December 31, 2008, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping approximately 50 million individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services. For more information, please visit [ http://www.news.prudential.com/ ].
