DeNunzio, Ralph Dwight

DeNunzio, Ralph Dwight

(1931–  ) investment banker; born in White Plains, N.Y. A 1953 Princeton graduate, he joined the investment house, Kidder, Peabody & Co., after college, rising to chief executive officer (1980–87). He chaired the board of governors of the New York Stock Exchange in 1971–72 and served as a Princeton trustee and as a director of several major firms, including the Federal Express Corp. and Nike Inc.

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