List of chairmen of Citigroup

The following is a list of chairmen and presidents of what is now Citigroup—the person or persons who were ultimately responsible for the company since its founding in 1812. The highest office in the company was the president until 1909, when James J. Stillman became the first chairman.

Presidents

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Name Portrait Start year End year Notes
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
Frank A. Vanderlip 1909 1919
James A. Stillman 1919 1921
Charles E. Mitchell 1921 1929
Gordon S. Rentschler 1929 1940
William Gage Brady Jr. 1940 1948
Howard C. Sheperd 1948 1952
James Stillman Rockefeller   1952 1959
George S. Moore 1959 1967

Chairmen

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Name Portrait Start year End year Notes
James Stillman   1909 1918 The chairman position was not filled between 1918 (Stillman's death) and 1929. Duties were handled by the President who acted on an interim basis.
Charles E. Mitchell 1929 1933
James H. Perkins 1933 1940
Gordon Sohn 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 1998
Sanford I. Weill   1998 2006 Co-chair 1998–2000
Charles Prince   2006 2007 Operating as Citi in 2007
Robert Rubin   2007 2007 November 4 – December 11, 2007
Winfried Bischoff 2007 2009
Richard Parsons 2009 2012
Michael E. O'Neill 2012 2019 Began April 2012; retired on January 1 2019
John Dugan 2019 Incumbent

References

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