Skull and Bones,also known as The Order,Order 322 or The Brotherhood of Death,is an undergraduate senior secret student society at Yale University in New Haven,Connecticut. The oldest senior-class society at the university,Skull and Bones has become a cultural institution known for its powerful alumni and various conspiracy theories.
Richard A. "Dick" Grasso was chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange from 1995 to 2003. He started in 1968 when he was hired by the Exchange as a floor clerk.
Charles Christopher Cox is an American attorney and politician who served as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,a 17-year Republican member of the United States House of Representatives,and member of the White House staff in the Reagan Administration. Prior to his Washington service he was a practicing attorney,teacher,and entrepreneur. Following his retirement from government in 2009,he returned to law practice and currently serves as a director,trustee,and advisor to several for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
Winston Lord is an American diplomat and leader of non-governmental foreign policy organizations. He has served as Special Assistant to the National Security Advisor (1970–1973),Director of the State Department Policy Planning Staff (1973–1977),President of the Council on Foreign Relations (1977–1985),Ambassador to China (1985–1989),and Assistant Secretary of State (1993–1997).
Arthur Levitt Jr. is the former Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He served from 1993 to 2001 as the twenty-fifth and longest-serving chairman of the commission. Widely hailed as a champion of the individual investor,he has been criticized for not pushing for tougher accounting rules. Since May 2001 he has been employed as a senior adviser at the Carlyle Group. Levitt previously served as a policy advisor to Goldman Sachs and is a Director of Bloomberg LP,parent of Bloomberg News.
Lazard Inc. is a financial advisory and asset management firm that engages in investment banking,asset management and other financial services,primarily with institutional clients. It is the world's largest independent investment bank,with principal executive offices in New York City,Paris and London.
Frederick Wallace Smith is an American business magnate and investor. He is the founder and chairman of FedEx Corporation,the world's largest transportation company. On June 1,2022,Smith stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman,and was replaced by Raj Subramaniam. He is considered one of the most successful transportation entrepreneurs in the world.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation is the parent of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.,an American government and military contractor,specializing in intelligence. It is headquartered in McLean,Virginia,in Greater Washington,D.C.,with 80 other offices around the globe. The company's stated core business is to provide consulting,analysis and engineering services to public and private sector organizations and nonprofits.
The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University,a private research university in New Haven,Connecticut. The school awards the Master of Business Administration (MBA),MBA for Executives (EMBA),Master of Advanced Management (MAM),Master's Degree in Systemic Risk (SR),Master's Degree in Global Business &Society (GBS),Master's Degree in Asset Management (AM),and Ph.D. degrees,as well as joint degrees with nine other graduate programs at Yale University.
Ronald Allen Williams is an American businessman and board director on corporate,public sector and non-profit boards. Williams is the author of Learning to Lead:The Journey to Leading Yourself,Leading Others,and Leading an Organization, which appeared on The Wall Street Journal's best seller list. He is founder,chairman and CEO of RW2 Enterprises,LLC. He is the former chairman,president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Aetna Inc.,a diversified benefits company. Aetna is now part of CVS Health.
Evan "Van" Griffith Galbraith was the United States Ambassador to France from 1981 to 1985 under Ronald Reagan and the Secretary of Defense Representative to Europe and NATO under Donald Rumsfeld from 2002 to 2007.
Bradley Belt is an American businessman. He is the CEO of Palisades Capital and the managing director of the Milken Institute. He is vice chairman of Orchard Global Asset Management.
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management at Yale School of Management,and Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies. Sonnenfeld is best known as the founder and CEO of Chief Executive Leadership Institute (CELI),affiliated with Yale University.
Harvey Jerome Goldschmid was the Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. From 2002 to 2005,he served as a member of the Securities &Exchange Commission,where,though a Democrat,often sided with chairman William H. Donaldson. He was also an advisory board member of the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management.
Douglas 'Sandy' Warner is an American banker who joined Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York out of college in 1968 as an officer's assistant and rose through the ranks to become chief executive officer and chairman of the board of J.P. Morgan &Co. Inc. in 1995. Among his many accomplishments,Warner may be best known for spearheading the 2000 sale of J P Morgan &Co. to Chase Manhattan Bank for $30.9 billion.
Andrew N. Liveris is an Australian former CEO and chairman of The Dow Chemical Company of Midland,Michigan. Liveris has been a member of Dow's board of directors since February 2004,CEO since November 2004 and was elected as chairman of the board effective 1 April 2006. Liveris became CEO in 2004 after holding the position of chief operating officer (COO). Afterwards he served as executive chairman of DowDuPont,where he remains a director. He is chairman of the board of Lucid Motors.
Paul S. Atkins is CEO of Patomak Global Partners LLC,which provides consulting services regarding financial services industry matters,including regulatory compliance,risk and crisis management,public affairs,independent reviews,litigation support,and strategy. He also serves as an independent director and non-executive chairman of the board of BATS Global Markets,Inc.,a leading operator of electronic U.S. and European securities markets trading listed cash equity securities and equity options.
Michael H. Jordan was an American businessman. He served as the chief executive officer of PepsiCo Worldwide Foods (1986–1990),Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1993–1998),CBS Corporation (1995–1998),and Electronic Data Systems (2003–2007).
Mark T. Bertolini is an American businessman who is the co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates,one of the world's largest hedge funds. He was previously the CEO of Aetna,a Fortune 50 diversified health care benefits company with over $60 billion in 2015 revenue. Bertolini assumed the role of CEO on November 29,2010 and of chairman on April 8,2011,until Aetna was sold to CVS on November 28,2018.
Bradley Toshio Katsuyama is a Canadian financial services executive. He is the CEO and co-founder of the IEX,the Investors Exchange. He left RBC in 2012 to co-found IEX under the premise that it would be a fairer stock trading venue than other exchanges.
