History
Charles Owen Prince III was born in Lynwood, California on 13 January 1950 to Charles Owen Prince II and a Doyle. Prince went to the University of Southern California for his Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, and Juris Doctor. He continued his education going on to receive a Master of Law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
The son of a plasterer and a housewife, Prince started his career as an attorney with U.S. Steel Corp in 1975. In 1979, he joined Commercial Credit Company, a predecessor to Citigroup that Sandy Weill took over in 1986. He was promoted in 1996 to Executive Vice President of the firm, which by this point was known as the Travelers Group, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup. In 2000, shortly following the 1998 merger of Travelers and Citigroup, Prince was named chief administrative officer of the newly created firm, Citigroup. He was subsequently promoted to chief operating officer in 2001, to chairman and chief executive of Citi Markets and Banking in 2002, and finally to chairman and chief executive.
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