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Chairman Paul B. Guenther
Paul B. Guenther was president of PaineWebber Group, Inc., the parent company of PaineWebber Incorporated, until his retirement in 1995. Since then he has focused on the nonprofit sector. He was appointed Chairman of the New York Philharmonic in September 1996. From 1998 to 2004 he served as chairman of Fordham University, where he continues as a board member. He also serves on the Board of Directors of The Guardian Life Insurance Company and its affiliate, RS Investments.
Mr. Guenther earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Fordham University in 1962 and an M.B.A. in finance from the Columbia Graduate School of Business in 1964. In the same year, he began his career as a credit analyst with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. He joined PaineWebber Incorporated in 1966 as a securities analyst and served in a variety of positions. In 1984, when the company realigned its three principal subsidiaries into one, Mr. Guenther became chief administrative officer responsible for Administrative Services, Operations, and Systems. He assumed responsibility for the firm’s retail sales business in 1987 and for investment banking activities in mid-1988. In late 1988 he was named president of PaineWebber Incorporated, and in 1994, president of PaineWebber Group, Inc.
Mr. Guenther was a 2006 recipient of an honorary doctor of laws from Marymount Manhattan College, a 2005 recipient of an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Fordham University, and the 1992 recipient of an honorary LL.D. from Concordia College. His organizational associations include Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, director; Columbia University Graduate School of Business, Board of Overseers; Lenox Hill Hospital, vice chairman; Frost Valley YMCA, chairman emeritus; Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, trustee; Cristo Rey New York High School, Board of Directors; and the Governor’s Committee on Scholastic Achievement, trustee; Rockefeller University, trustee. He is a former director of the Securities Industry Association and a former president and director of Columbia’s Graduate School of Business Alumni Association. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts.
