Franklin Warren "Fritz" Hobbs, IV (born July 30, 1947) is an American
rower
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who competed in the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...
and in the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...
.
He was born in
Manchester, New Hampshire
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and is the older brother of rower
Bill Hobbs.
In 1968, he was a crew member of the American boat which finished sixth in the
eight event. Four years later he won the silver medal with the American boat in the 1972 eights competition.
Education and business career
Fritz Hobbs was educated at the
Milton Academy
Milton Academy (informally referred to as Milton) is a coeducational, co-educational, Independent school, independent, and College-preparatory school, college-preparatory boarding and day school in Milton, Massachusetts, educating students in g ...
(1965),
Harvard College
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(1969) and the
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...
(1972), after which he spent the next 25 years with the investment banking firm of
Dillon Read & Co., the last five of which he was Chief Executive Officer. When Dillon Read merged with SBC Warburg, and subsequently with
Union Bank of Switzerland
Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) was a Swiss Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company located in Switzerland. The bank, which at the time was the second largest bank in Switzerland, merged with Swiss Bank Corporation in ...
, Hobbs continued as Chairman of the resulting
UBS Warburg
UBS Group AG (stylized simply as UBS) is a multinational Investment banking, investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland, with headquarters in both Zurich and Basel. It holds a strong foothold in all major fina ...
. He then moved to
Houlihan Lokey
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., is an American multinational independent investment bank and financial services company. Houlihan Lokey was founded in 1972 and is headquartered at Constellation Place in Century City, Los Angeles, California. The firm ad ...
as CEO. He has been a director of
Molson Coors
Molson Coors Beverage Company is a Canadian-American Multinational corporation, multinational Drink industry, drink and brewing company, brewing company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Molson Coors was formed in 2005 through the merger of Mo ...
,
Lord Abbett,
Ally Financial
Ally Financial Inc. (known as GMAC until 2010) is an American bank holding company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered at Ally Detroit Center in Detroit, Michigan. The company provides financial services including car finance, online bank ...
,
BAWAG
BAWAG (Abbreviation of , , ) was a bank in Austria founded in 1922. On October 1, 2005, it merged with the separate ''Österreichische Postsparkasse'' (P.S.K.) to form the "Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft und Österreichische Postsparkasse AG", s ...
, and other corporations, as well as serving on the Boards of Harvard University and Milton Academy.
Forbes profiles
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References
External links
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1947 births
Living people
Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing
American chief executives of financial services companies
American male rowers
Harvard Business School alumni
Milton Academy alumni
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing
Harvard College alumni
Rowers at the 1967 Pan American Games
European Rowing Championships medalists
Harvard Crimson rowers
Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
20th-century American sportsmen
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