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Richard "Dick" Severin Fuld, Jr. (born April 26, 1946) is an American banker best known as the final Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lehman Brothers. Fuld had held this position since the firm's 1994 spinoff from American Express until 2008. Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 on September 15, 2008,〔(Lehman files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ), ''TheStreet.com'', September 15, 2008〕 and subsequently announced a sale of major operations to parties including Barclays Bank and Nomura Securities. Fuld was nicknamed the "Gorilla" on Wall Street for his competitiveness. Condé Nast Portfolio ranked Fuld number one on their ''Worst American CEOs of All Time'' list, stating he was "belligerent and unrepentant".〔("Portfolio's Worst American CEOs of All Time: Dick Fuld" ), portfolio.com, April 30, 2009, retrieved October 6, 2011〕 Fuld was also named in ''Time'' magazine's list of "25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis". ==Early life== Fuld was born to a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Richard Severin Fuld, Sr. and Elizabeth (Schwab). He is also a second cousin of Oakland Athletics outfielder Sam Fuld. He received both a B.A. and B.S. from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1969 and his M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business〔 in 1973. While attending Colorado, Fuld participated in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program and was president of the school's chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity. Fuld's first career as an Air Force pilot came to an end when he got into a fistfight with a commanding officer. He said he had been defending a young cadet who was being taunted by the senior officer.〔(Fuld's Air Force career came to abrupt end after he got into fist fight with commanding officer ), ''The Times'', September 16, 2008〕 Fuld is a member of Kappa Beta Phi. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard S. Fuld, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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