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Before he accepted the CEO position at Merrill Lynch, Thain reportedly was one of the runners-up to head Citigroup. [8] [9] Merrill Lynch and Citigroup sought new leaders following the sudden departure of their former CEOs after the disappointing performance in the third quarter of 2007 due to the subprime mortgage crisis.
In May 2007, Fleming and Ahmass Fakahany were named co-presidents of Merrill Lynch. [17] In June 2008, Fleming became chief operating officer. [18] After the Bank of America merger was completed in January 2009, [19] Fleming resigned from Merrill Lynch to teach at Yale University, [20] becoming a senior research scholar and lecturer in law. [21]
Later that day, Merrill Lynch was sold to Bank of America for 0.8595 share of Bank of America common stock for each Merrill Lynch common share, or about $50 billion or $29 per share. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] This price represented a 70.1% premium over the September 12 closing price or a 38% premium over Merrill's book value of $21 a share, [ 52 ] but also ...
The company was founded on January 6, 1914, when Charles E. Merrill opened Charles E. Merrill & Co. for business at 7 Wall Street in New York City. [11] A few months later, Merrill's friend, Edmund C. Lynch, joined him, and in 1915 the name was officially changed to Merrill, Lynch & Co. [12] At that time, the firm's name included a comma between Merrill and Lynch, which was dropped in 1938. [13]
Former securities analyst at Merrill Lynch during dot-com bubble charged with civil securities fraud Henry McKelvey Blodget (born 1966) is an American businessman, investor and journalist. He is notable for his former career as an equity research analyst who was senior Internet analyst for CIBC Oppenheimer and the head of the global Internet ...
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Karen Lynch, a superstar CEO championing the biggest of big ideas, is out. As chief of corner drugstore and health insurance colossus CVS, Lynch headed the largest Fortune 500 enterprise, measured ...
In January 2009, Wigley resigned [12] as Chair of Merrill Lynch Europe, Middle East and Africa following the completion of its takeover by Bank of America. [13] Since 2004, Wigley had chaired Merrill Lynch's EMEA Region Executive Committee with responsibility for a business with $6bn of revenue, $3bn of pretax income and 8,000 employees in 23 ...