James Gorman

AO
Born
James Patrick Gorman

(1958-07-14) 14 July 1958
Melbourne, Australia
EducationUniversity of Melbourne (BA, LLB)
Columbia University (MBA)
TitleExecutive Chairman of Morgan Stanley
Children2

James Patrick Gorman[1] AO (born 14 July 1958) is an Australian-American financier who is the former chief executive officer and current executive chairman of Morgan Stanley.[2] Before becoming CEO, he was the Co-President and Co-Head of Strategic Planning at the firm.[3][4]

Early life

James P. Gorman was born in Melbourne, Australia. His family had an Irish background. His father worked as an engineer.[5] He was the 6th of 12 children, two of whom have passed away.[6] He was educated at Xavier College. He then studied law at the University of Melbourne, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws and was a residential member and president of Newman College.[7]

Career

In 1982 he joined law firm Phillips Fox and Masel (now DLA Piper) before heading to the United States to obtain a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School.[8][9]

After graduating Columbia, he joined McKinsey & Company and eventually became a senior partner. At McKinsey he worked on the Merrill Lynch account for ten years, and helped develop Merrill's online internet strategy. In 1999, he joined Merrill Lynch in the newly created role of chief marketing officer. He also joined the 19-member executive management committee.[10] Within two years, he was in charge of Merrill's brokerage business.[11]

Gorman left Merrill in February 2006 to join Morgan Stanley as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Wealth Management Group (GWMG). In October 2007, Gorman took on the additional role of Co-Head of Strategic Planning with Chief Financial Officer Colm Kelleher. In December 2007, he was named Co-President of Morgan Stanley, along with Walid Chammah,[12] with the day-to-day responsibility for Wealth Management and Asset Management.

In 2009, he helped create the largest wealth management platform globally when he led the merger and integration of Morgan Stanley's wealth management business with Citi's Smith Barney business. Structured as a staggered acquisition, Morgan Stanley purchased the remainder of the joint venture in June 2013, and is a global leader in wealth management with over 16,000 financial advisors and $1.8 trillion in client assets.[13]

In September 2009, it was announced he would become CEO of Morgan Stanley in January 2010.[14] He also assumed the title of Chairman in January 2012 following the retirement of John J. Mack.[15] Press reports indicate his compensation as Chairman and CEO was $9.75 million for 2012,[16] with the New York Times reporting an increase to $18 million in 2013.[17]

In 2014 he was included in the 50 Most Influential ranking of Bloomberg Markets Magazine.[18]

In the wake of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, which led to a popular vote to leave the European Union, Gorman said there was "nothing good about Brexit".[19] He added that some jobs would be moved not only out of England, but out of Europe entirely, possibly to New York City or Tokyo.[19]

In January 2020, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)[20] that recognizes Australians who have demonstrated outstanding service or exceptional achievement. Gorman said he was "honoured to receive this award and extremely proud to represent Australia abroad." "While most of my working life has been in the US my heart remains firmly Australian," Mr Gorman said.[21]

As a result of his work in 2020, James Gorman was paid a 22% raise ($6 million) from 2019 pay of $27 million by Morgan Stanley,[22] making him the highest-paid bank executive in America.[23] The Wall Street firm generated record revenue that year and announced two multibillion-dollar acquisitions of E*trade Financial Corp. and Eaton Vance Corp. and avoided much of the economic recession caused by the pandemic.[24]

Gorman is scheduled to speak at the November 2022 Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit, with the Hong Kong Democracy Council claiming that his presence, along with other financial executives, legitimizes the Hong Kong government's whitewashing of the erosion of freedoms in the city.[25] Several members of Congress also warned that US financial executives should not attend the Summit, saying "Their presence only serves to legitimise the swift dismantling of Hong Kong's autonomy, free press and the rule of law by Hong Kong authorities acting along with the Chinese Communist Party."[26]

Board memberships

Gorman serves as a Director of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Chair of the Board of Overseers of the Columbia Business School, and is a member of the Financial Services Forum,[27] Business Council and the Business Roundtable.[28] He formerly served as a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, President of the Federal Advisory Council to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board,[29] Co-Chairman of the Partnership for New York City,[30] Co-Chairman the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art[31] and served on the board and as Chairman (2006) of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in Washington, D.C.[32] Recently, Gorman was elected into the Walt Disney Company's Board of Directors, he is to be appointed on February 5, 2024.[33]

Personal life

Gorman is a dual citizen of Australia and the United States and lives in Manhattan. He has two adult children.[5]

Gorman earned $27 million in 2019.[34]

References

  1. ↑ "James Patrick Gorman: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg.
  2. ↑ "Board of Directors". Morgan Stanley. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. ↑ Archived 2014-09-14 at the Wayback Machine, November 29, 2007; accessed December 1, 2007. "Press Release: Walid Chammah and James Gorman Named Co-Presidents of Morgan Stanley".
  4. ↑ "The David Rubenstein Show: James Gorman". Bloomberg. 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  5. 1 2 "New master of the universe: a straight-talking 'native of Australia' | The Australian". web.archive.org. 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  6. ↑ Schwartz, Nelson D. (28 June 2014). "James Gorman of Morgan Stanley, Going Against Type". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ Parker, Garrett (2018-09-03). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman". Money Inc. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  8. ↑ The Age (2009). Melbourne-raised Gorman new chief of Morgan Stanley; retrieved September 13, 2009.
  9. ↑ "New master of the universe: a straight-talking 'native of Australia'". The Australian. September 12, 2009. Archived from the original on September 14, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
  10. ↑ Randall, Smith (7 July 1999). "Merrill Names McKinsey Partner To New Post of Marketing Chief". The Wall Street Journal.
  11. ↑ Schwartz, Nelson (28 June 2014). "James Gorman of Morgan Stanley, Going Against Type". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ "Walid Chammah and James Gorman Named Co-Presidents of Morgan Stanley". Morgan Stanley. Archived from the original on 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
  13. ↑ "Morgan Stanley Completes Purchase of Smith Barney Venture". Bloomberg.
  14. ↑ "Morgan Stanley Announces CEO Succession Plan". Morganstanley.com. 2009-09-10. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  15. ↑ "Morgan Stanley Announces Leadership Transition". Morganstanley.com. 2011-09-15. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  16. ↑ "Gorman Gets $3.75 Million Incentive as CEO's Pay Falls 7% - Businessw…". 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "Morgan Stanley Nearly Doubles C.E.O. Pay to $18 Million". The New York Times. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  18. ↑ "Most Influential 50 Are the Bankers, Investors Who Move Markets". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  19. 1 2 Crowe, Portia; Turner, Matt (October 25, 2016). "MORGAN STANLEY CEO: 'There's nothing good about Brexit'". Business Insider. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Mr James Gorman". It's An Honour. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  21. ↑ "Top bankers among Australia Day honourees". 25 January 2020.
  22. ↑ Scuffham, Matt (22 January 2021). "Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman's annual pay rises by $6 million". Reuters.
  23. ↑ "Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman is now the highest-paid bank executive in America following a 22% raise amid a record year for the company". Business Insider.
  24. ↑ Rudegeair, Peter (2021-01-22). "Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman Got a Big Raise for 2020". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  25. ↑ "Business Not As Usual | HKDC". HKDC. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  26. ↑ "Hong Kong's finance chief, hit by Covid, aims to attend banking summit in person". South China Morning Post. 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  27. ↑ "Occupy: GLOBAL POWER PROJECT, PART 9: BANKING ON INFLUENCE WITH MORGAN STANLEY". 7 August 2013.
  28. ↑ "Morgan Stanley Board of Directors".
  29. ↑ "Federal Reserve: Meeting of the Board of Governors and the Federal Advisory Council February 6,2015" (PDF).
  30. ↑ "Japan Society: MORGAN STANLEY CEO JAMES P. GORMAN KEYNOTES JAPAN SOCIETY'S 2011 ANNUAL DINNER". Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  31. ↑ Schwartz, Nelson D. (28 June 2014). "NYT: James Gorman of Morgan Stanley, Going Against Type". The New York Times.
  32. ↑ "American Banker: Morgan Stanley CEO: We'll Buy Rest of Smith Barney's Assets". 8 November 2010.
  33. ↑ Bruce (2023-11-29). "The Walt Disney Company Board Appoints Morgan Stanley's James P. Gorman And Veteran Media Executive Sir Jeremy Darroch As New Directors". The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  34. ↑ "Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman's total 2019 pay falls 7% to $27 million". Reuters. 17 January 2020.
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