James S. Tisch has been the CEO of Loews Corporation

Loews Corporation

Loews Corporation is a holding company run by the Tisch Family whose subsidiaries are engaged in the following lines of business:*property and casualty insurance...

 since 1999. Tisch graduated from Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

 and received his MBA at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

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Tisch's other positions include a seat in the directorate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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, the chairmanship of WNET

WNET

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, membership in the Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations

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, and seats on the boards of General Electric

General Electric

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, Mount Sinai Medical Center, and the New York Public Library

New York Public Library

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