Leadership and Success: Insights from Morgan Stanley's Chief Executive Officer on The David Rubenstein Show 00:10:00
James P. Gorman is Executive Chairman of Morgan Stanley. Prior to assuming his current role in January 2024, Mr. Gorman served as CEO from January 2010 and Chairman from January 2012. He joined the firm in February 2006 and was named Co-President in December 2007. Before he joined Morgan Stanley, Mr. Gorman held a succession of executive positions at Merrill Lynch, and prior to this was a senior partner of McKinsey & Co. He began his career as an attorney in Melbourne, Australia. Outside of Morgan Stanley, Mr. Gorman serves as a Director for The Walt Disney Company, a Director of the Council on Foreign Relations, Chair of the Board of Overseers of the Columbia Business School, and is a member of the Business Council. He formerly served as a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, President of the Federal Advisory Council to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, Co-Chairman of the Partnership for New York City, Chairman of the Board of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and Co-Chairman of the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Born in Australia, Mr. Gorman received BA and law degrees from the University of Melbourne and an MBA degree from Columbia University.