Notable Facts
→Partner at prestigious law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson from 1973-1991 and 1998 until death in 2025
→Served as Chairman and CEO of Salomon Brothers from 1992-1997, leading crisis management after Treasury auction scandal
→Negotiated $9.6 billion sale of Salomon Inc to Travelers Group in 1997
→Board member of major corporations including Chevron, New York Times Company, Oaktree Capital Management
→Harvard Law School graduate, magna cum laude, editor of Harvard Law Review
→Crisis management at Salomon Brothers cited in business schools as model case study
→Worked directly with Warren Buffett on Salomon Brothers rescue operation
→Represented Berkshire Hathaway in multiple billion-dollar transactions