Harvey Golub (born April 16, 1939) is an American businessman.Forbes
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Biography

Born to a

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family, Golub attended

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

and received a Bachelor of Science from the

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

. He worked as a senior partner with

McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and ...

. In 1983,

American Express American Express Company (Amex) is an American multinational corporation specialized in payment card services headquartered at 200 Vesey Street in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The company was found ...

hired him to investigate a possible acquisition –

Investors Diversified Services Ameriprise Financial, Inc. is a diversified financial services company and bank holding company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It provides financial planning products and services, including wealth manage ...

. After acquiring IDS, American Express hired Golub to run the company, which became American Express' second most profitable sector. In 1990 he was made vice chairman of American Express while remaining president and

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of IDS. In 1991, he was named president of American Express. From 1993 to 2001, he was chief executive officer of American Express. He served as Chairman of the board at the

Campbell Soup Company Campbell Soup Company, trade name, doing business as Campbell's, is an American processed food and snack company. The company is most closely associated with its flagship canned soup products; however, through mergers and acquisitions, it has gro ...

from November 2004 to July 2009. He served as chairman of the

American International Group American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is an American multinational finance and insurance corporation with operations in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. , AIG companies employed 49,600 people.https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/amer ...

(AIG). His resignation as AIG chairman was announced on July 16, 2010. He sits on the boards of directors of Marblegate Asset Management, the

, and

Ripplewood Holdings Ripplewood is an American private equity firm based in New York City that focuses on leveraged buyouts, late stage venture, growth capital, management buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations and other illiquid investments. Ripplewood was founded ...

. In 2016, Golub was appointed to chair boutique energy company. He currently serves as the chairman of

Miller Buckfire Miller Buckfire & Co. is an investment banking firm that provides various advisory services, focused on corporate restructurings. In addition to its core restructuring business, the firm provides merger and acquisition advisory and valuation se ...

Michael J. de la Merced
Miller Buckfire Plans to Name Golub Its Chairman
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'', October 17, 2011 and as Director at

Hess Corporation Hess Corporation (formerly Amerada Hess Corporation) is an American global independent energy company involved in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. It was formed by the merger of Hess Oil and Chemical and Amerada Petrol ...

. He sits on the board of trustees of the

American Enterprise Institute The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, known simply as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), is a center-right Washington, D.C.–based think tank that researches government, politics, economics, and social welfare. ...

, the

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (renamed in 1981 from the International Center for Economic Policy Studies) is a conservative American think tank focused on domestic policy and urban affairs, established in Manhattan in 1978 by Anto ...

, and the

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 millio ...

. In addition, he also serves on Jupiter Medical Center‘s board of trustees and is chairman of the

Maltz Jupiter Theatre Maltz Jupiter Theatre is an American not-for-profit, professional theatre located in Jupiter, Florida, United States. Origins The theatre was originally founded in 1979 as the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater, owned and operated by the namesake actor ...

endowment board. He is a director emeritus of New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the

Lincoln Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 millio ...

for the Performing Arts and a member of its investment committee. Golub was named the interim non-executive chairman of the board of Dynasty financial partners in April 2020.

Personal life

Harvey Golub is married to Roberta Golub. Golub is the father of three adult children by a previous marriage.

References

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