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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.
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 ...
MD and CEO [15] 2012 President of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce: 2018-10-01 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria: Carlos Torres Vila: Chairman and CEO [16] 2015 Previously with Endesa: 2018-10-01 Bank of America: Brian Moynihan: Chairman and CEO [17] 2009 Previously with FleetBoston Financial until it merged with BOA 2018-10-01 Barclays: C.S ...
On October 3, 2008, Bank of America announced that John Thain would lead the combined Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Global Corporate and Investment Banking enterprise. Thain was forced out by Bank of America Chairman Kenneth D. Lewis on January 22, 2009, because of the colossal losses visited on B of A due to its acquisition of Merrill Lynch. [44]
On March 11 of 2016, a release of documents by the National Archives revealed that the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission had recommended that O'Neal be prosecuted for multiple crimes in connection with his activities as CEO of Merrill Lynch during the lead up to the sub-prime crisis. [23] No formal legal action has resulted, however.
At that time, he remained CEO and chair of Bank of America's board. Moynihan stated he planned on remaining CEO for years. [23] In 2023, Moynihan's total compensation from Bank of America was $27.8 million, representing a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 230-to-1. [24] Moynihan was a fellow at Brown University from 2016 to 2027. [25]
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]
Prior to joining PaineWebber, Grano was with Merrill Lynch for 16 years, holding various senior management positions including Director of National Sales. In 1987, he was named the industry’s best retail marketing executive in a survey conducted by Investment Dealers’ Digest.