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Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America, reportedly forced Thain to step down after several controversies, such as the losses at Merrill Lynch which proved to be far larger than previously estimated, and the award of huge executive bonuses. Thain then was chairman and CEO of the CIT Group. [1] [2] He has been a board member of Uber since 2017.
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]
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]
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]
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.
As America's national debt nears the $35 trillion mark, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has warned the country's growth must keep up in order to pay its bills—or ... “In CBO’s current projections ...
In 1986, O'Neal joined Merrill Lynch and, by the early 1990s, he was running Merrill's leveraged finance division. [7] After spells as global head of capital markets [6] and co-head of the corporate and institutional client group, [6] he spent two years as CFO from 1998 to 2000.