| 词条 | James J. Schiro |
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| name = James Joseph Schiro | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth-date |January 2, 1946}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York | death_date = {{Death-date and age |August 13, 2014|January 2, 1946}} | death_place = Princeton, New Jersey | alma_mater = St. John's University (New York City) | nationality = American | other_names = | occupation = Businessman | known_for = CEO of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Zurich Financial Services. | spouse = Tomasina Schiro | children = Justine, James Jr }} James Joseph Schiro (January 2, 1946 – August 13, 2014) was an American businessman who became CEO of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Zurich Financial Services and was a director of number of multinational companies including of Pepsico, Philips and Goldman Sachs. Early lifeJames J. Schiro was born on January 2, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York.[1] Schiro was of Italo-Albanian (Arbëreshë) heritage from Sicily, by Contessa Entellina. He received a Bachelor of Science from St. John's University in New York City in 1967, and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.[1][2][3] He was a Certified Public Accountant.[2] CareerIn 1967, he joined Price Waterhouse and worked in various managerial positions. In 1994, he became Chairman of the Board and senior partner. In 1998, after the merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, he became CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers.[4] From 2002 to 2006, he served as the CEO of Zurich Financial Services. He served on the Boards of Directors of Pepsico, Philips, Goldman Sachs and REVA Medical.[1][3] He served on the Board of the Geneva Association, where he was involved with the International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics, and he was a member of the European Financial Services Roundtable.[1] He also sat on the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Advanced Study, on the Business Council of the World Economic Forum and on the Board of Directors of Initiative for a Competitive Inner City.[1][2] He was the former Chairman of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, and the Vice Chairman of the American Friends of Lucerne Festival.[1][2][5] He was a member of the Independence Standards Board of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the New York State Society of Public Accountants.[3] He served as Treasurer and Executive Committee member of the United States Council for International Business, the British-North American Committee, the Tri-State United Way Board of Governors, and Board member of the United States-China Business Council.[3] Honors and politicsHe served on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, St. John's University, and on the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua School of Economics and Management in Beijing.[2][6] He received the Avenue of the Americas Association's Gold Key Award in 1992, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1994, and the American Jewish Committee's National Human Relations Award in 1997.[3] A Republican, he supported John McCain for President in 2000 and 2008, and George W. Bush in 2004.[1] He supported Al D'Amato and Rudy Giuliani.[1] Personal lifeHe was married to Tomasina Schiro, and they have two children, Justine and James Jr.[1][3] He died in Princeton, New Jersey on August 13, 2014 of multiple myeloma. He was 68 years old.[7] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{Cite web|title = James J. Schiro|url = http://www.nndb.com/people/151/000162662/|website = www.nndb.com|access-date = 2016-02-08}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Schiro, James J.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|title = James J. Schiro CPA: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|url = http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=1525709&privcapId=26939507&previousCapId=398625&previousTitle=GOLDMAN%2520SACHS%2520GROUP%2520INC|website = Businessweek.com|access-date = 2016-02-08}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 Ellis Island Medals of Honor {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208142438/http://www.neco.org/awards/recipients/j.j.schiro.html |date=2012-02-08 }} 4. ^Peter Lattman, [https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/goldman-announces-changes-to-its-board/ Goldman Announces Changes to Its Board], The New York Times, April 2, 2012 5. ^Lucerne Festival {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106084155/http://www.lucernefestival.ch/en/about_us/organisation/ |date=2012-01-06 }} 6. ^St. John's University Board of Trustees {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214024716/http://www.stjohns.edu/about/general/bot.stj |date=2011-12-14 }} 7. ^{{Cite news|title = James Schiro, Goldman’s Lead Director, Dies at 68|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/business/james-j-schiro-lead-director-at-goldman-sachs-dies-at-68.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2014-08-19|access-date = 2016-02-08|issn = 0362-4331|first = Landon Thomas|last = Jr}} 14 : 1946 births|2014 deaths|Deaths from multiple myeloma|American corporate directors|American Jews|American people of Arbëreshë descent|Directors of Goldman Sachs|Directors of Philips|People from Brooklyn|PepsiCo people|PricewaterhouseCoopers people|St. John's University (New York City) alumni|Trustees of the Institute for Advanced Study|Tuck School of Business alumni |
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