COMPANY

Acquired by Credit Suisse in 1988. While a subsidiary of CS, acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in 2000. CS discontinued use of the First Boston name on 16 January 2006.

Industry:
Banking

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Boston, MA

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Aida M. Alvarez	Business	1950		SBA Administrator, 1997-2001
Jameson A. Baxter	Business	6-Sep-1943		Baxter Associates, Inc.
Thomas J. Edelman	Business	c. 1951		Chairman, BioFuel Energy Corporation
J. Tomilson Hill	Business	c. 1948		Vice Chairman of Blackstone Group
Ellis B. Jones	Business	c. 1954		Wasserstein & Co.
Robert S. Kapito	Business	c. 1958		President of Blackrock
William E. Mayer	Business	1940		Former CEO of First Boston
George L. Shinn	Business	12-Mar-1923		CEO of First Boston, 1975-83
Alvin V. Shoemaker	Business	c. 1938		Chairman of First Boston, 1983-89
Richard E. Thornburgh	Business	c. 1952		Credit Suisse First Boston
Bruce Wasserstein	Business	25-Dec-1947	14-Oct-2009	Wall Street dealmaker

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George L. Shinn	Business	12-Mar-1923		CEO of First Boston, 1975-83
Alvin V. Shoemaker	Business	c. 1938		Chairman of First Boston, 1983-89

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Howard B. Bernick	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Alberto-Culver, 1994-2006
Wolfgang H. Demisch	Business	c. 1945		Demisch Associates LLC
Daniel A. Dickinson	Business	c. 1961		Thayer Capital Partners
Carol B. Einiger	Business	c. 1948		Post Rock Advisors LLC
Lawrence D. Fink	Business	c. 1953		CEO of BlackRock
Raymond J. McGuire	Business	1957		Citigroup M&A executive
William C. Pate	Business	c. 1963		Equity Group Investments
Rodman D. Patton	Business	c. 1943		Former Managing Director, Merrill Lynch
Debra J. Perry	Business	17-Apr-1951		Moody's
Anne C. Schaumburg	Business	c. 1949		Credit Suisse First Boston
Arthur L. Smith	Business	c. 1953		John S. Herold, Inc.
Donald F. Textor	Business	c. 1946		Former Partner, Goldman Sachs
Maureen White	Activist	?		DNC National Finance Chair
Deborah C. Wright	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Carver Bancorp

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