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Douglas 'Sandy' Warner (born June 9, 1946, as Douglas Alexander Warner III but widely known as "Sandy") is an American banker who joined Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York out of college in 1968 as an officer's assistant and rose through the ranks to become chief executive officer and chairman of the board of J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc. in 1995.
An estimated trading loss of $2 billion was announced. However, the loss amounted to more than $6 billion for JPMorgan Chase. [2] [3] These events gave rise to a number of investigations to examine the firm's risk management systems and internal controls. JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $920 million in total fines to US and UK authorities.
Wickliffe Draper. Wickliffe Preston Draper (August 9, 1891 – March 11, 1972) was an American political activist. He was an ardent eugenicist and lifelong advocate of strict racial segregation. In 1937, he founded the Pioneer Fund for eugenics and heredity research; he later became its principal benefactor.
The history of United States antitrust law is generally taken to begin with the Sherman Antitrust Act 1890, although some form of policy to regulate competition in the market economy has existed throughout the common law 's history. Although "trust" had a technical legal meaning, the word was commonly used to denote big business, especially a ...
The Morgan family is an American family and banking dynasty, which became prominent in the U.S. and throughout the world in the late 19th century and early 20th century.. Members of the family amassed an immense fortune over the generations, primarily through the work of Junius Spencer (J.S.) Morgan (1813-1890) and John Pierpont (J. P.) Morgan Sr. (1837–19
The J. Pierpont Morgan, named after legendary banking titan J. P. Morgan, was a 601-foot-long (183 m) American steel-hulled, propeller-driven Great Lakes freighter that was a product of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company of Chicago, Illinois. [1] [2] The Morgan hauled bulk cargoes such as iron ore, coal, grain and occasionally limestone across ...
The £20,000 prize is one of the largest in the UK and is administered by the Edwin Morgan Trust. When Scottish poet, Edwin Morgan, died in 2010, he bequeathed one million pounds to create a foundation for young Scottish poets. The Edwin Morgan Trust was established in 2012 to carry out Morgan's bequest. List of winners
Northern Securities Company. The Northern Securities Company was a short-lived American railroad trust formed in 1901 by E. H. Harriman, James J. Hill, J.P. Morgan and their associates. The company controlled the Northern Pacific Railway; Great Northern Railway; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; and other associated lines.