George Stevens Moore (April 1, 1905 – April 21, 2000) was the chairman of Citigroup from 1967 to 1970.

Biography

Moore was born in

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, and graduated from

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where he made money writing for the Yale Daily News and booking Broadway shows and tours to Europe for his classmates. In 1927, he joined Farmers' Loan and Trust Company in New York City. The bank would merge with First National City Bank. He was the president of Citibank (the predecessor to Citigroup) from 1959–1967 and later chairman from 1967 to 1970. He was succeeded by Walter B. Wriston who was president from 1967 to 1970. In 1963, Moore led an early effort by multinational corporations to create the world's first private investment company to promote the economic development of Latin America. This effort led to the formation of the

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in September 1964 and Moore served as a director. Moore was president of the

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Association in 1967 and dealt with financial problems as the company entered

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. Cost-saving measures included raising ticket prices, delaying the season and eliminating free summer concerts in

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. Moore was the sole representative for financial interests of the Onassis family in the United States. In 1987, he wrote "The Banker's Life" detailing his experiences at the bank. Moore was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1976. The Yale Science and Engineering Association conferred upon him its award for "Meritorious Service to Yale University". He died on April 21, 2000.

Personal life

He married his first wife, the Spanish-born Beatriz Bermejillo y Braniff, the Marquesada de Mohernando, in Mexico in 1938. From this marriage was born George Bermejillo Moore (1939–2015) who married Katharine Fairfax Lipson, descendant of the

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, Van Renssalear, and

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New York families.

References

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