Jeffrey W. Greenberg

Jeffrey Wayne Greenberg (born 1951) is an American lawyer and business executive, who was chairman and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies from 1999 to 2004.

Early life and education

Greenberg was born the son of Corinne Phyllis (née Zuckerman) and Maurice R. Greenberg, the former chairman and CEO of American International Group (AIG).<ref name=Sin>Template:Cite magazine</ref> He attended Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut.<ref name=Sin /> He earned a bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1973 and a JD degree from Georgetown University Law School in 1976.

Career

He began his career at Marsh & McLennan after graduation. During the September 11 attacks, 295 staff members were killed. Greenberg was then in midtown Manhattan, at the company's headquarters, with "an unobstructed view of lower Manhattan" where he witnessed "smoke rising from One World Trade Center and the fireball erupt from the second tower." He then led the company's immediate response to the crisis.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Greenberg resigned as CEO of Marsh & McLennan after the firm was charged with conducting a lucrative kickback scheme by then New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer,<ref name="bizweek">Staff report (January 10, 2005). The Fallen Managers: Jeffrey Greenberg. The Best & Worst Managers Of The Year. Businessweek</ref> who demanded management changes, stating that "The leadership of that company is not a leadership I will talk to and not a leadership I will negotiate with."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2012, the Financial Times reported that "Mr. Greenberg was never charged with any wrongdoing, while Mr. Spitzer was later engulfed in a prostitute scandal."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Greenberg is chairman of the private equity firm he founded, Aquiline Holdings.<ref name="businessweek">Executive Profile: Jeffrey W. Greenberg J.D.Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore Businessweek</ref> He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> serves as a trustee of the Brookings Institution, and has served as a member of Brown University's corporation.<ref name="businessweek"/> He has sat on the board of trustees of New York-Presbyterian Hospital since 1998.<ref name=NYP>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Greenberg had a 14-year relationship with journalist Nikki Finke, getting engaged in 1974 and married in 1980. The couple divorced in 1982.<ref name="nytimes">Divorce, Corporate American Style. Divorce, Corporate American Style Divorce, Corporate American Style. The New York Times</ref> He later remarried and has four children.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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