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| hq_location_city = Norfolk, Virginia | hq_location_country = United States | key_people = Steven Fredrickson (CEO; co-founder), Kevin Stevenson (co-founder) | num_employees = 3500 (2014) | traded_as = 〔http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/PRAA/715398218x0x744826/259AE99A-46DA-4623-BD1D-6909EFA24470/PRA_2013AR_29315_2_.pdf annual report〕 | subsid = | owners = Angelo, Gordon & Co. (72%, 2002) | founded = in Virginia Beach, Virginia | homepage = }} PRA Group, Inc. or PRA, is an American debt buyer based in Norfolk, Virginia. Hundreds of companies are debt buyers, but PRA Group is among the few that are publicly traded corporations.〔 In 2014, the company was referred to as a "major player in the debt-collection industry".〔 ==History== PRA Group began as Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC in March 1996,〔 starting with eight people in Virginia Beach, Virginia and start-up capital from Angelo, Gordon & Co..〔〔 By 2002, Angelo, Gordon & Co. held a 72% stake in the firm.〔 The company's debt purchasing activities began a few months after the company was formed, in May 1996.〔 In 2000, the company reported that it had purchased of debt during the year, ranking (tying) in 10th place among top debt buyers.〔 By 2010, the company was noted as "the sixth-largest debt buyer in the U.S."〔 PRA Group's initial public offering was in 2002 and was backed by William Blair & Company and Piper Jaffray.〔〔〔 The company is listed on the NASDAQ exchange and traded under the symbol PRAA.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「PRA Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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