Max C. Chapman

Max Carrol Chapman Jr. was the President and CEO of Kidder, Peabody & Co., the investment banking and broker-dealer subsidiary of the parent, Kidder, Peabody Group, Inc. He also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the parent company.

Early life and career

Chapman obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966 and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School in 1969. Following graduation from business school, he joined Kidder, Peabody, & Co. There, he founded the Financial Futures Department and co-founded the High-Yield Bond and Merchant Banking Group.^[1] In 1987 he was elected as the President and CEO of Kidder, Peabody & Co., the investment banking and broker-dealer subsidiary of the parent, Kidder, Peabody Group, Inc. At the same time, he was also elected as President and Chief Operating Officer of the parent company.^[2]

In in 1989, he joined Nomura Securities, where he served as the Chairman of Nomura Holding America Inc., Managing Director of the Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., and Chairman of Nomura Europe Holding plc.^[3]

Philanthropy

Chapman donated $5 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to build a new building.^[4]

References

1. ^ http://www.futuresindustry.org/max-c.-chapman.asp
2. ^ http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=11733691&privcapId=184991&previousCapId=835784&previousTitle=Wolfensohn%20&%20Company,%20L.L.C.
3. ^ http://panacheprivee.com/File/Max_Chapman/
4. ^ http://alumni.unc.edu/article.aspx?SID=3830

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