John Gutfreund - Biography

John H. Gutfreund (born September 1929) is the former CEO of Salomon Brothers Inc, an investment bank that gained notoriety in the 1980s. Gutfreund turned Salomon Brothers from a private partnership into a publicly traded corporation which started a trend in Wall Street for investment companies to go public. He became the icon for the excess that defined the 1980s culture in America. In 1985, Business Week gave him the nickname "King of Wall Street".

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John Gutfreund is the former CEO of Salomon Brothers
John Gutfreund's video interview
Nightly Business Report Interview -- John Gutfreund of Gutfreund & Company Examines The Financial Crisis
Liars Poker II, Timesonline analysis of Gutfreund's influence

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