TIAA-CREF was founded in 1918. Now, TIAA-CREF is headquartered in New York. As of September 30, 2008, TIAA CREF has $398 billion in assets under management.TIAA-CREF helps meet the financial needs of approximately 3.6 million individuals and 15,000 institutions in the academic, research, medical, cultural and nonprofit fields. Much of TIAA-CREF operates on a nonprofit…