Harvey Golub

Harvey Golub is an American businessman.

Biography

Born to a Jewish family, Golub attended Cornell University and received a Bachelor of Science from the New York University.

He worked as a Senior Partner with McKinsey & Company. From 1993 to 2001, he was Chief Executive Officer of American Express. He served as Chairman of the Board at the Campbell Soup Company from November 2004 to July 2009. He served as Chairman of the American International Group (AIG). His resignation as AIG Chairman was announced on July 16, 2010. He sits on the Boards of Directors of Marblegate Asset Management, the Campbell Soup Company, and Ripplewood Holdings. He currently serves as the Chairman of Miller Buckfire. He sits on the Board of Trustees of the American Enterprise Institute, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

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Famous quotes by Harvey Golub:

"Try to work at the margins of your ignorance - that's how you grow"
"The penalty for any bank that decides to issue cards on the Discover or American Express networks is severe. Visa and MasterCard rules are clear. They will throw banks out of their network, thus having the effect that banks must exit the retail banking business."
"We wanted to hopefully get more volume, but if it had a negative effect on MasterCard or Visa, I certainly wouldn't have objected to that. I would have been very enthusiastic about it."
"As I approached 60, I decided I did not want to work full-time until I was 65,"
"allow Ken to increase the range of his responsibilities."
"The CEO succession process from me to Ken has gone smoothly, and we have been able to move even more quickly than I anticipated, ... Ken has put in place the new organization structure and senior leadership team."
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