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AIM Funds is one of the nation's largest and most successful mutual fund companies. Over the years, such funds as AIM Weingarten Fund, AIM Constellation Fund, and AIM Value Fund have become household words for millions of investors. AIM funds are sold through fina ....

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.... available worldwide. Company Background Chairman Charles T. Bauer, President and CEO Robert H. Graham, and Director of Investments Gary T. Crum, all of whom remain active in the day-to-day management of the company, founded AIM on a dream and a vision. When AIM started out in 1976, the company had only a table, two chairs, and a telephone. The Houston-based company now has more than $160 billion in assets under management and more than 2,200 employees. AIM's foundation was built on innovative money-market and fixed-income products. In 1977, the company introduced the first underwritten high-yield bond fund. Three years later, AIM launched the first l ....