Thursday, June 5, 2014

Roger Ferguson Jr.: TIA-CREF CEO

Roger Ferguson, Jr. was born on October 28, 1951 in Washington, D.C. Of great intellect he graduated with a B.A. in economics magna cum laude in 1973, a J.D. cum laude in 1979 and a Ph.D. in economics all from Harvard University.  On a Frank Know Memorial Fellowship he attended Pembroke College at Cambridge University from 1973 to 1974.

Roger was an attorney at the New York City office of Davis Polk & Wardell from 1981 to 1984. He was a partner at McKinsey & Company and from 1984 to 1997 and was based in New York City. Roger served as a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System starting November 1997. He was appointed Vice Chairman in October 1999. Roger is known for his outstanding work and contribution during his stint as Vice Chairman.

After working with Swiss Re starting June 19, 2006 he was named on April 2008 as President and CEO of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF).

Founded in 1918 by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie TIAA-CREF now has $569 billion assets under management with 9,000 employees in over 100 local offices.

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