Michael Ainslie (born c. 1945) is an American businessman. He served as the president and chief executive officer of
Sotheby's
Sotheby's () is a British-founded American multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, an ...
from 1984 to 1994.
He was a director of
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ( ) was an American global financial services firm founded in 1847. Before filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, a ...
from 1996 to its
2008 bankruptcy,
and oversaw "the sale and disposition of the company's remaining assets" by 2010.
He is the former chairman of the
Posse Foundation and the former president of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Living people
1940s births
Businesspeople from Palm Beach, Florida
Vanderbilt University alumni
American chief executives
American corporate directors
Sotheby's people
Lehman Brothers people
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