Susan L. Wagner at Swiss Re
Susan Lynne Wagner (born 1961) is an American financial executive who is a member of the Apple Board of Directors.[1] Wagner is one of the co-founders, former Vice Chairman, and Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation. BlackRock is the largest asset management firm in the world with $5.98 trillion in assets under management as of December 2018.[2] Wagner is the architect and one of the key strategists behind BlackRock that helped propel it to become the largest asset manager in the world.[3] She has been named to several lists of the most powerful women in the world, including those compiled by Forbes, Crain Communications,[4] the Financial Times, and Fortune.[5]
Early life and education[]
Wagner grew up in the Chicago area, graduated in 1982 with honors from Wellesley College with a B.A. in English and Economics, and earned an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Chicago in 1984.[6]
Career[]
Susan Wagner, MBA '84
After earning her M.B.A., Wagner joined Lehman Brothers' investment banking unit in New York City. During her years at Lehman she worked on mergers and acquisitions, fixed income products, and developed her expertise in strategic acquisitions. In 1988 Wagner and her friend Ralph Schlosstein left Lehman to join Blackstone Financial Group. Later, Blackstone Financial Group changed their name to BlackRock.
As one of the founders of BlackRock, Wagner served as Vice Chairman, Chief Operating Officer and orchestrated BlackRock's mergers and acquisitions, which included Quellos, Merrill Lynch Investment Management, and Barclays Global Investors. Prior to retiring from BlackRock in 2012,[7] Wagner expanded the company into Asia, the Middle East and Brazil.[8] Since retiring from BlackRock, she serves on the BlackRock Board of Directors as well as serving as an officer and member of the board of trustees of the Hackley School.[9]
In May 2014 Wagner was asked by Wellesley's Class of 2014 to deliver the commencement address.[10]
On July 17, 2014, Wagner was elected to the board of directors of Apple Inc., replacing long-time board member Bill Campbell.[11][12] She is only the third woman to have ever joined Apple's board (after Katherine M. Hudson and Andrea Jung). With her strong financial background, Wagner is a member of Apple's audit and finance committee and chairs the nominating and corporate governance committee.[13] In 2014, she also was elected to the Board of Directors of Swiss Re.[1]
Personal life[]
Wagner is married, a mother of three school-aged children, and lives in the suburbs of New York. She describes herself as a "down to earth New York commuter."
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Susan L. Wagner - Swiss Re Annual Report 2016 (en).
- ↑ Lim, Dawn. BlackRock's assets fall below $6 trillion mark (en-US).
- ↑ Susan Wagner, Forbes. 2019-06-03.
- ↑ Wagner, Susan. "Most Powerful Women in New York 2011", Crain’s New York Business, 2011. Retrieved on 2014-10-15.
- ↑ Wagner, Sue. "50 Most Powerful Women In Business", Fortune, 2011-10-17. Retrieved on 2014-10-15.
- ↑ Susan Wagner to Deliver 2014 Commencement Address at Wellesley (en).
- ↑ Susan L. Wagner - Swiss Re Annual Report 2016 (en).
- ↑ Wagner, Sue. "In the eye of the credit storm at BlackRock", The New York Times, 2008-05-30. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
- ↑ Wagner, Sue. "About Hackley Trustees & Administration", Hackley School, 2014.
- ↑ Wagner, Susan. "Susan Wagner delivered the 2014 Commencement address at Wellesley College", Wellesley College, 2014-05-30. Retrieved on 2014-10-15.
- ↑ Chen, Brian X.. "Apple Adds Susan Wagner of BlackRock to Board", Bits - The New York Times, 2014-07-17. Retrieved on 2014-07-18.
- ↑ Sue Wagner Elected To Apple’s Board of Directors, Bill Campbell Retires by Graham Spencer, MacStories. 2014-07-18.
- ↑ Bradshaw, Tim. "Apple adds BlackRock co-founder to its board", Financial Times, 2014-07-17. Retrieved on 2014-07-19.
External links[]
- Susan L. Wagner at Crunchbase
- Sue Wagner at LinkedIn
- Susan L. Wagner at Swiss Re (2019)
- Susan L. Wagner, '84 at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Susan L. Wagner, '82 at Wellesley College
- Susan Wagner at Wikipedia
