Leucadia National

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Leucadia National Corporation (traded on the New York Stock Exchange as LUK) is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, engages in telecommunications, healthcare services, manufacturing, banking and lending, real estate, and winery businesses. As of August 2005, Leucadia was valued at over US$4 billion.

Leucadia's highest profile move to-date (as of 2005) was a bid in 2004 to acquire 50 percent of telecommunications company MCI's common stock. However, after MCI received higher bids from other companies, Leucadia withdrew from the bidding process. [1]

Leucadia executives Ian Cumming and Joseph Steinberg both graduated in the same Harvard Business School Class of 1970. They joined Leucadia around 1979. Ian Cumming (a Vancouver native) and Joseph Steinberg each own about 13% of Leucadia's shares. [2]

Leucadia is headquartered in New York City, but has additional offices in Salt Lake City, Utah.

[edit] Executives as of 2005

  • Ian M. Cumming
Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Chairman of Exec. Committee
64 years old.
Pay is $650,000 annually.
  • Joseph S. Steinberg
Pres, Chief Operating Officer, Director and Member of Exec. Committee
61 years old.
Pay is $650,000 annually.
  • Joseph A. Orlando
Chief Financial Officer and VP
49 years old
Pay is $1,010,000 annually.
  • Barbara L. Lowenthal
Principal Accounting Officer, VP and Comptroller
50 years old.
Pay is 358,000 annually.
  • Thomas E. Mara
Exec. VP and Treasurer
59 years old.
Pay is 1,310,000 annually.

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