COMPANY

Founded 1919 by C.V. Starr in Shanghai, China, as "American Asiatic Underwriters." Incorporated 1967. $281B in assets.

Acquired SunAmerica in 1998 for $18B.

Acquired American General in 2001 for $23B.

Suffering a crisis of liquidity in September 2008, AIG received a $85B line of credit from the Federal Reserve in exchange for a 79.9% stake in the company. In March 2009, AIG rebranded its core business American International Underwriters.

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

Industry:
Insurance

Ticker:
NYSE:AIG

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Sales:
$113B (2006)

Employees:
105,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert H. Benmosche	Business	29-May-1944		CEO of AIG
Richard H. Booth	Business	c. 1948		CAO of American International Group
Robert M. Devlin	Business	c. 1941		CEO of American General, 1996-2001
Brian Duperreault	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Marsh & McLennan
Alan H. Fishman	Business	c. 1946		Meridian Capital Group
Evan G. Greenberg	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Ace Limited
Jeffrey W. Greenberg	Business	1951		CEO of Marsh & McLennan, 1999-2004
Maurice R. Greenberg	Business	4-May-1925		CEO of American International Group, 1967-2005
Anastasia D. Kelly	Attorney	c. 1949		EVP at American International Group
Edward M. Liddy	Business	28-Jan-1946		Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Norman R. Sorensen	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Principal International
Martin J. Sullivan	Business	c. 1955		CEO of American International Group, 2005-08
Edmund S. W. Tse	Business	c. 1938		Vice Chairman of AIG
Olin L. Wethington	Government	17-Nov-1948		Chairman of AIG China
Robert B. Willumstad	Business	c. 1946		CEO of American International Group, 2008
Jay S. Wintrob	Business	1958		CEO, AIG Retirement Services
Frank G. Wisner	Diplomat	1938		US Ambassador to India, 1994-97

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stephen F. Bollenbach	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Hilton Hotels, 1996-2007
Marshall A. Cohen	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Molson, 1988-96
Martin Feldstein	Economist	25-Nov-1939		Reagan economist
Ellen V. Futter	Educator	21-Sep-1949		President of Barnard College, 1980-93
Stephen L. Hammerman	Business	18-Apr-1938		Former Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch
Richard C. Holbrooke	Diplomat	24-Apr-1941	13-Dec-2010	US Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Fred H. Langhammer	Business	13-Jan-1944		CEO of Estée Lauder, 2000-04
Donald H. Layton	Business	c. 1950		CEO of E-Trade, 2008-09
Edward M. Liddy	Business	28-Jan-1946		Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
George L. Miles, Jr.	Business	c. 1942		CEO of WQED Multimedia
Morris W. Offit	Business	c. 1935		Founder of OFFITBANK
James F. Orr III	Business	c. 1943		CEO of UNUM Corporation, 1987-99
Ronald A. Rittenmeyer	Business	c. 1948		CEO of EDS, 2007-08
Virginia M. Rometty	Business	c. 1958		CEO of IBM
Michael H. Sutton	Business	c. 1940		Chief SEC Accountant, 1995-98
Edmund S. W. Tse	Business	c. 1938		Vice Chairman of AIG
Frank G. Zarb	Business	17-Feb-1935		US Energy Czar, 1974-77

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pei-Yuan Chia	Business	c. 1939		Vice Chairman of Citicorp, 1994-96
William Cohen	Government	28-Aug-1940		US Secretary of Defense, 1997-01
Harvey Golub	Business	1939		CEO of American Express, 1993-2001
Evan G. Greenberg	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Ace Limited
Maurice R. Greenberg	Business	4-May-1925		CEO of American International Group, 1967-2005
Carla Hills	Diplomat	3-Jan-1934		US Trade Representative, 1989-93
Martin J. Sullivan	Business	c. 1955		CEO of American International Group, 2005-08
Robert B. Willumstad	Business	c. 1946		CEO of American International Group, 2008

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ann Mather	Business	c. 1960		CFO of Pixar, 1999-2004

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pedro Aspe	Economist	7-Jul-1950		Mexican Minister of Finance, 1988-94
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation
Ratan N. Tata	Business	28-Dec-1937		Chairman of Tata Group

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Will Arnett	Actor	5-May-1970		George Bluth on Arrested Development

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