COMPANY

Investment banking and brokerage, founded in 1923. Became a public company on 29 October 1985. $30B under management in 2007. After posting its first loss at the end of 2007, Bear Stearns suffered an astounding liquidity crisis in March 2008. The Federal Reserve backed the company's acquisition by JP Morgan Chase for the price of $2 a share (later raised to $10 a share).

Official Website:
http://www.bearstearns.com/

Industry:
Finance

Ticker:
NYSE:BSC

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Sales:
$11.6B (2005)

Employees:
13,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Aida M. Alvarez	Business	1950		SBA Administrator, 1997-2001
James E. Cayne	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Bear Stearns, 1992-2008
Jeffrey E. Epstein	Business	20-Jan-1953		Reclusive money manager
Robert A. Gerard	Government	c. 1945		Assistant Treasury Secretary, 1974-77
Alan C. Greenberg	Business	1927		CEO of Bear Stearns, 1978-93
Ronald W. Hovsepian	Business	c. 1961		CEO of Novell
Raymond W. Kelly	Government	4-Sep-1941		NYPD Commissioner
Lawrence Kudlow	Economist	20-Aug-1947		Kudlow & Cramer
Stephen J. Luczo	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Seagate, 1998-2004
William J. Montgoris	Business	c. 1945		COO of Bear Stearns, 1996-99
George R. Roberts	Business	c. 1945		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.	Business	c. 1930		Former Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns
Alan D. Schwartz	Business	c. 1950		President of Bear Stearns
Warren J. Spector	Business	c. 1957		President of Bear Stearns, 2001-07
Theodore H. Strauss	Business	c. 1925		Sr. Managing Director, Bear Stearns
Donald W. Tang	Business	?		Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns
Stuart A. Taylor II	Business	28-Nov-1960		The Taylor Group LLC
Cary H. Thompson	Business	c. 1957		Managing Director, Bear Stearns
Curtis R. Welling	Business	c. 1949		President and CEO of AmeriCares

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Henry S. Bienen	Educator	1939		President, Northwestern University
James E. Cayne	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Bear Stearns, 1992-2008
Carl D. Glickman	Business	c. 1927		The Glickman Organization
Michael Goldstein	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Toys R Us, 1994-98
Alan C. Greenberg	Business	1927		CEO of Bear Stearns, 1978-93
Donald J. Harrington	Educator	2-Oct-1945		President, St. John's University
Frank T. Nickell	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Kelso & Company
Paul A. Novelly	Business	1943		CEO of Apex Oil
Frederic V. Salerno	Business	c. 1944		CFO of Verizon, 2000-02
Alan D. Schwartz	Business	c. 1950		President of Bear Stearns
Vincent S. Tese	Attorney	c. 1943		Chairman of Wireless Cable International
Wesley S. Williams, Jr.	Attorney	13-Nov-1942		Former Partner, Covington & Burling

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Kluge	Business	21-Sep-1914		Media mogul, Metromedia, Inc.
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.	Business	c. 1930		Former Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns
Warren J. Spector	Business	c. 1957		President of Bear Stearns, 2001-07
Donald W. Tang	Business	?		Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert D. Beyer	Business	c. 1960		CEO of TCW
Chris Gardner	Author	9-Feb-1954		The Pursuit of Happyness
Henry Kravis	Business	6-Jan-1944		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jim Neal	Politician	6-Nov-1956		Running against Elizabeth Dole in 2008
Thomas F. O'Neill	Business	c. 1946		Sandler O'Neill & Partners
John Paulson	Business	c. 1956		Billionaire hedge fund manager
Nicholas A. Rey	Business	1938		US Ambassador to Poland, 1993-97
Sanford I. Weill	Business	16-Mar-1933		CEO of Citigroup, 1998-2003

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