Jeffrey Wayne Greenberg is an American

United States

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 lawyer

Lawyer

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 and business executive who served as chairman and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies

Marsh & McLennan Companies

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. is a US-based global professional services and insurance brokerage firm. In 2007, it had over 57,000 employees and annual revenues of $10.49 billion. Marsh & McLennan Companies was ranked the 221st largest corporation in the United States by the 2009 Fortune 500...

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He earned a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 from Brown University

Brown University

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 in 1973 and his law degree

Juris Doctor

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 from Georgetown University Law School in 1976. He began his career at Marsh & McLennan after graduation. Greenberg resigned as CEO of Marsh & McLennan after the firm was charged with rigging, and as part of a lucrative kick-back scheme, "stifling competition" according to New York State Attorney General

New York State Attorney General

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 Eliot Spitzer

Eliot Spitzer

Eliot Laurence Spitzer is an American lawyer, former Democratic Party politician, and political commentator. He was the co-host of In the Arena, a talk-show and punditry forum broadcast on CNN until CNN cancelled his show in July of 2011...

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He is currently chairman of the private equity firm he founded, Aquiline Holdings.

Greenberg is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations

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, serves as a trustee of the Brookings Institution

Brookings Institution

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, and has served as a member of Brown University

Brown University

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's corporation.

Notable family members

His father is Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg

Maurice R. Greenberg

Maurice Raymond "Hank" Greenberg is an American business executive and former chairman and CEO of American International Group , which was the world's 18th largest public company and its largest insurance and financial services corporation.He is currently chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc....

, former chairman and CEO of AIG

American International Group

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, and Director Emeritus and Honorary Vice Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations

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 (CFR).

Mr. Greenberg currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Starr International Company Inc., Chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. (C.V. Starr) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Starr International USA, Inc. (Starr International USA). C.V. Starr and Starr International USA are collectively known as Starr Companies. His brother is Evan G. Greenberg

Evan G. Greenberg

Evan Greenberg is an American business executive. He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Zurich based insurance company ACE Limited....

, president and CEO of ACE Limited.

J. W. Greenberg had a 14-year relationship with journalist Nikki Finke

Nikki Finke

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, getting engaged in 1974 and married in 1980. The couple divorced in 1982.