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![]() AARP headquarters in Washington, D.C. (2024) | |
Formation | 1958 |
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Founder | Ethel Percy Andrus Leonard Davis |
Type | 501(c)(4) non-profit organization[1] |
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Headquarters | 601 E Street, NW, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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CEO | Jo Ann Jenkins |
Board Chair | Lloyd E. Johnson |
Subsidiaries | AARP Foundation AARP Services Inc Legal Counsel for the Elderly OATS/Senior Planet Wish of a Lifetime |
Staff | 2,250[1] |
Website | aarp.org |
Formerly called | American Association of Retired Persons |
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AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is an interest group in the United States focusing on issues affecting those over the age of fifty.[3] The organization, which is headquartered in Washington, D.C., said it had more than 38 million members as of 2018.[4] The magazine and bulletin it sends to its members are the two largest-circulation publications in the United States.
AARP was formed in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, a retired educator from California, and Leonard Davis, who later founded Colonial Penn's insurance companies.[5][6] It is an influential lobbying group in the United States.[7][8] AARP sells paid memberships, and markets insurance[9] and other services to its members.
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