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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]
[2] [1] He briefly served as executive vice president and head of strategy at Merrill Lynch from September to December 2008. [2] He earned US$29.6 million during those three months, [4] including a US$25 million golden parachute. [1] [5] He was subpoenaed by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for his compensation. [1]
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On 3 December 2007, John Thain, the new chief executive officer at Merrill Lynch and Chai's former boss at the NYSE, announced that Chai would join Merrill in the position of chief financial officer starting on 10 December; the move was part of a management shake-up at Merrill, initiated due to their losses in the 2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis. [3]
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.