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| Weill: seems intent on being as active as possible as chairman despite retiring as CEO |
WHEN CITIGROUP CHAIRMAN and CEO Sandy Weill announced last month that he was to hand over the role of CEO to Charles Prince, there was a slew of speculation from various interested parties. None, perhaps, was as wistful as that doing the rounds of Citi's Latin America bankers: is Chuck Prince Latin American at all?
It's not as offbeat a question as it seems. Former Citigroup co-CEO John Reed had some Latin blood flowing through his veins, and vice-chairman Bill Rhodes has long been treated as an honorary Venezuelan.
If Prince were so connected, the Latin bankers' reasoning went, perhaps his appointment would herald a resurgence of interest in the region at head office, an interest some feel has been lacking since Reed lost his battle with then co-CEO Weill in early 2000.
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