Ralph Thomas ReedPeter Z. Grossman, American Express: The People Who Built the Great Financial Empire, 1987 (July 6, 1890, Philadelphia – January 21, 1968, New York City) was the president of the

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 ...

Company from 1944 to 1960. He joined the company in 1919 as assistant to the controller. He was the person who made the decision to create the American Express

charge card A charge card is a type of credit card that enables the cardholder to make purchases which are paid for by the card issuer, to whom the cardholder becomes indebted. The cardholder is obligated to repay the debt to the card issuer in full by the ...

, first issued in 1958.

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1890 births 1968 deaths American financial businesspeople American Express people Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Central High School (Philadelphia) alumni {{1880s-US-business-bio-stub