List of chairmen of Citigroup
The following is a list of chairmen of Citigroup This lists the person or persons who were ultimately responsible for the company since its founding in 1812.
The chief was a president until 1909 when a chairman became the highest office.
President
- Samuel Osgood - 1812-1813 (City Bank of New York)
- William Few- 1813-1817
- Peter Staff - 1817-1825
- Thomas L. Smith - 1825-1827
- Isaac Wright 1827-1832
- Thomas Bloodgood - 1832-1844
- Gorham A. Worth - 1844-1856
- Moses Taylor - 1856-1882 (National City Bank after 1865 - telegraph lines referred to it as "Citibank")
- Percy Pyne - 1882-1891
- James Stillman 1891-1909
- James Stillman Rockefeller 1952-1959
- William I. Spencer 1970-1982
Chairman
- James Stillman - 1909-1918
President
The Chairman position was not filled on Stillman's death. Duties were handled by the President who acted on an interim basis.
- Frank A. Vanderlip - 1918-1919 (had been president of the bank since 1909 and succeeded on Stillman's death but forced out by Stillman's son)
- James A. Stillman - 1919-1921
- Charles E. Mitchell - 1921-1929
Chairman
- Charles E. Mitchell - 1929-1933
- James H. Perkins - 1933-1940
- Gordon Sohn Rentschler - 1940-1948
- William Gage Brady, Jr. - 1948-1952
- Howard C. Sheperd - 1952-1959 (First National City Bank of New York after 1955)
- James Stillman Rockefeller - 1959-1967 (First National City Bank after 1962)
- George S. Moore - 1967-1970 (First National City Corporation in 1968)
- Walter B. Wriston - 1970-1984 (Citicorp in 1974)
- John S. Reed - 1984-2000 (co-chair of Citigroup after 1998)
- Sanford I. Weill - 1998-2006 (co-chair 1998-2000)
- Charles Prince - 2006-2007 (operating as Citi in 2007)
- Robert Rubin - 2007-2007 (November 4-December 11)
- Win Bischoff - 2007-2009
- Richard Parsons - 2009-2012
- Michael E. O'Neill - April 2012-present