Robert E Rubin became chairman of Citigroup on November 4 2007 in the wake of the ousting of Chuck Prince following the revelation of another $11 billion hit to the value of the bank’s credit assets. After just five weeks in the job, on December 11 2007, Rubin was succeeded by Sir Win Bischoff as chairman, with Vikram Pandit taking over as chief executive.
Perhaps the oddest aspect of the news announcement – aside from the lack of relevant experience of Pandit and Bischoff in taking on the top two private sector jobs in the financial world – was how both men deferred to Rubin.
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