List of Chief Executives of Citigroup

Following is a List of Chief Executives of Citigroup This lists the person or persons who were ultimately responsible for the company since its founding in 1812.

The chief was a president until 1909 when a chairman became the highest office.

President

• Samuel Osgood - 1812-1813 (City Bank of New York)
• William Few- 1813-1817
• Peter Staff - 1817-1825
• Thomas L. Smith - 1825-1827
• Isaac Wright 1827-1832
• Thomas Bloodgood - 1832-1844
• Gorham A. Worth - 1844-1856
• Moses Taylor - 1856-1882 (National City Bank after 1865 - telegraph lines referred to it as "Citibank")
• Percy Pyne - 1882-1891
• James Stillman 1891-1909

Chairman

• James Stillman - 1909-1918

President

The Chairman position was not filled on Stillman's death. Duties were handled by the President who acted on an interim basis.

• Frank A. Vanderlip - 1918-1919 (had been president of the bank since 1909 and succeeded on Stillman's death but forced out by Stillman's son)
• James A. Stillman - 1919-1921
• Charles E. Mitchell - 1921-1929

Chairman

• Charles E. Mitchell - 1929-1933
• James H. Perkins - 1933-1940
• Gordon S. Rentschler - 1940-1948
• William Gage Brady, Jr. - 1948-1952
• Howard C. Sheperd - 1952-1959 (First National City Bank of New York after 1955)
• James Stillman Rockefeller - 1959-1967 (First National City Bank after 1962)
• George S. Moore - 1967-1970 (First National City Corporation in 1968)
• Walter B. Wriston - 1970-1984 (Citicorp in 1974)
• John S. Reed - 1984-2000 (co-chair of Citigroup after...... ...
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