John J. Brennan (born 1954), also known as Jack Brennan, served as Chairman of

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from 1996 to 2009, and was Vanguard CEO from 1996 until he was succeeded by William McNabb in 2008.

Career

Brennan joined Vanguard in 1982. For many years he served as the company's president alongside

John C. Bogle John Clifton "Jack" Bogle (May 8, 1929 – January 16, 2019) was an American investor, business magnate, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive of The Vanguard Group, and is credited with creating the index fund. An avid inve ...

who was Vanguard's founder and CEO. When Bogle stepped down from his chairmanship in 1996, Brennan was his hand-picked successor. He also was chairman of the

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, a trade organization representing mutual fund companies. He has chaired the Board of Trustees of the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...

. He was an independent director of

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and was also the chairman of FINRA (

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Personal life

Brennan grew up in

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, and attended

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

where he was a member of

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fraternity. Brennan's father, Frank Brennan, was chief executive at Union Warren Savings Bank in Boston.

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* American financial businesspeople Dartmouth College alumni Harvard Business School alumni American chief executives of financial services companies The Vanguard Group Living people 1954 births University of Notre Dame Trustees {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub