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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.A few months later, Merrill's friend, Edmund C. Lynch, joined him, and in 1915 the name was officially changed to Merrill, Lynch & Co.
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.
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]
Earnest Stanley O'Neal (born October 7, 1951 [2]) is an American business executive who was chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch from 2003 through 2007, having served in numerous senior management positions at the company prior to this appointment.
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]
In January 2009, as newspapers filled with lurid tales of corporate greed, Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain gained notoriety by being the subject of not one, but two scathing attacks from the Oval Office.
Winthrop Hiram "Win" Smith Jr. (born 1949 in New York, New York) is the former executive vice president of Merrill Lynch & Co. and Chairman of Merrill Lynch International, Inc. He spent 27 years at Merrill Lynch, beginning in 1974, after receiving an MBA from Wharton , retiring in January 2002.
In 1968, Komansky joined Merrill Lynch as a broker. He became a regional director in 1981 and an executive vice president in 1990. Komansky served as a director and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch from December 1996 to December 2002, and as a director, president and chief operating officer of the firm from January 1995 to December 1996.