List of chairmen of Citigroup

The following is a list of chairmen and presidents of what is now Citigroup—the person or persons who were ultimately responsible for the company since its founding in 1812. The highest office in the company was the president until 1909, when James J. Stillman became the first chairman.

Presidents

Name	Portrait	Start year	End year	Notes
Samuel Osgood		1812	1813	City Bank of New York
William Few		1813	1817
Peter Staff		1817	1825
Thomas L. Smith		1825	1827
Isaac Wright		1827	1832
Thomas Bloodgood		1832	1844
Gorham A. Worth		1844	1856
Moses Taylor		1856	1882	National City Bank after 1865 - telegraph lines referred to it as "Citibank"
Percy Pyne		1882	1891
James Stillman		1891	1909
Frank A. Vanderlip		1909	1919
James A. Stillman		1919	1921
Charles E. Mitchell		1921	1929
Gordon S. Rentschler		1929	1940
William Gage Brady Jr.		1940	1948
Howard C. Sheperd		1948	1952
James Stillman Rockefeller		1952	1959
George S. Moore		1959	1967

Chairmen

Name	Portrait	Start year	End year	Notes
James Stillman		1909	1918	The chairman position was not filled between 1918 (Stillman's death) and 1929. Duties were handled by the President who acted on an interim basis.
Charles E. Mitchell		1929	1933
James H. Perkins		1933	1940
Gordon Sohn Rentschler		1940	1948
William Gage Brady, Jr.		1948	1952
Howard C. Sheperd		1952	1959	First National City Bank of New York after 1955
James Stillman Rockefeller		1959	1967	First National City Bank after 1962
George S. Moore		1967	1970	First National City Corporation in 1968
Walter B. Wriston		1970	1984	Citicorp in 1974
John S. Reed		1984	2000	Co-chair of Citigroup after 1998
Sanford I. Weill		1998	2006	Co-chair 1998–2000
Charles Prince		2006	2007	Operating as Citi in 2007
Robert Rubin		2007	2007	November 4 – December 11, 2007
Winfried Bischoff		2007	2009
Richard Parsons		2009	2012
Michael E. O'Neill		2012	2019	Began April 2012; retired on January 1 2019
John Dugan		2019	Incumbent

References

• Citigroup history. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.