Sahlomon biography of william

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  • William Salomon

    Businessman and a Manager

    William Roger Salomon

    BornApril 2, 1914

    New York City, New York, United States

    DiedDecember 7, 2014(2014-12-07) (aged 100)

    New York City, New York, United States

    OccupationManaging partner of Salomon Brothers[1]
    SpouseVirginia Foster
    Children2
    ParentPercy Salomon

    William Salomon (1914–2014) was an American businessman who served as managing partner of Salomon Brothers.[2]

    Biography

    Salomon was born to a Jewish family[3] in New York City, the son of Percy Salomon who co-founded Salomon Brothers with his brothers, Arthur and Herbert. William joined the firm aged 19 in 1933, soon after the Wall Street crash. He became a managing partner in 1963 and turned the firm into one of the "fearsome foursome" with Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Blyth and Company, that took on the elite white shoe banks such as Morgan Stanley and First Boston".[4]