Robert Wolf (American businessman)
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Robert Wolf is an American businessman. He has been President and Chief Operating Officer of UBS Investment Bank since 2004 and the Chairman and CEO of UBS's Group Americas division since January 1, 2007. He is responsible for accelerating UBS’s client base and coordinating Investment banking
, Wealth management
and Asset management business sections for the US. He was a member of UBS's Group Executive Board from 2008-2010.
In February, 2009, Wolf was appointed as a member to the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
to provide the Obama administration with advice on counsel in fixing America's economic downturn. In 2011, he was appointed as a member to the President's Council for Jobs and Competitiveness to provide advice on how to strengthen the US economy http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/advisory-boards/jobs-council .
and previously, from 1998 to 2001, he was Global Head of Credit Trading, Research & Distribution.
Wolf joined UBS AG in 1994 after ten years at Salomon Brothers
working in Fixed Income.
He graduated from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.
, Norwalk, CT. Wolf is on the Board of Directors of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
http://rfkcenter.org/about/board
Wolf is also on the Board of Trustees of The Children's Aid Society (CAS).
Investment banking
An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities...
, Wealth management
Wealth management
Wealth management is an investment advisory discipline that incorporates financial planning, investment portfolio management and a number of aggregated financial services...
and Asset management business sections for the US. He was a member of UBS's Group Executive Board from 2008-2010.
In February, 2009, Wolf was appointed as a member to the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, originally the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, is a panel of non-governmental experts from business, labor, academia and elsewhere that President of the United States Barack Obama created on February 6, 2009. The board reports...
to provide the Obama administration with advice on counsel in fixing America's economic downturn. In 2011, he was appointed as a member to the President's Council for Jobs and Competitiveness to provide advice on how to strengthen the US economy http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/advisory-boards/jobs-council .
Biography
From 2002 to 2004 Wolf was Global Head of Fixed IncomeFixed income
Fixed income refers to any type of investment that is not equity, which obligates the borrower/issuer to make payments on a fixed schedule, even if the number of the payments may be variable....
and previously, from 1998 to 2001, he was Global Head of Credit Trading, Research & Distribution.
Wolf joined UBS AG in 1994 after ten years at Salomon Brothers
Salomon Brothers
Salomon Brothers was a bulge bracket, Wall Street investment bank. Founded in 1910 by three brothers along with a clerk named Ben Levy, it remained a partnership until the early 1980s, when it was acquired by the commodity trading firm Phibro Corporation and then became Salomon Inc. Eventually...
working in Fixed Income.
He graduated from The Wharton School, 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...
in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.
Activities
He is a member of the Undergraduate Executive Board of Wharton School, and the Athletics Board of Overseers of UPENN http://www.upenn.edu/secretary/overseers/centernames.html#athletics. He is in the Executive Leadership Council of the Multiple Myeloma Research FoundationMultiple Myeloma Research Foundation
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to multiple myeloma, an incurable but treatable blood cancer, which afflicts over fifty thousand Americans alone...
, Norwalk, CT. Wolf is on the Board of Directors of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights is a human rights advocacy organization, a nonprofit charitable organization that works to realize Robert Kennedy's dream of a peaceful and just world by advancing human rights...
http://rfkcenter.org/about/board
Wolf is also on the Board of Trustees of The Children's Aid Society (CAS).
Awards and Titles
Wolf was honored with the Corporate Leadership Award at the 2007 Fall Gala alongside Spirit of Hope award recipient, Lance ArmstrongLance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support...
External links
- List of UBS board members http://www.ubs.com/1/e/about/executivebodies/boardofdirectors.html
- Wolf on Forbes.com http://people.forbes.com/profile/robert-wolf/81872