• BEAR STEARNS COS INC Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 35.77 M
    Mr. Schwartz became Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Bear Stearns in January 8, 2008. Mr. Schwartz became sole President of the Company and Bear Stearns in August 2007. Mr. Schwartz became a President of the Company and Bear Stearns and a member of the Executive Committee in June 2001. Mr. Schwartz was Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Company and Bear Stearns from June 2001 to August 2007. Mr. Schwartz joined Bear Stearns in 1976. He became executive vice president and head of the Investment Banking Division in 1985.
    Total Compensation: $ 26.58 M
    Mr. Molinaro became Chief Operating Officer for the Company and BearStearns in August 2007. Mr. Molinaro became Executive Vice President of the Company and Bear Stearns in December 2001, and has been Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Bear Stearns since October 1996.
    Michael S. Solender - General Counsel
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Solender became General Counsel of the Company and Bear Stearns in January 2004. Since February 2002 Mr. Solender has been a Senior Managing Director in the Legal Department of Bear Stearns. Mr. Solender was a partner at the law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP from January 1997 to January 2000 and from November 2001 to February 2002, and had been General Counsel of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission from January 2000 to November 2001.
    Jeffrey Mayer - Executive VP
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Mayer became Executive Vice President of the Company and Bear Stearns on August 2007, and has been Co-Head of the Fixed Income Division of the Company and Bear Stearns since March 2002. In August 2007 Mr. Mayer became a member of the Executive Committee.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Donald J. Harrington, age 61, has been the President of St. John's University for more than the past five years. Mr. Harrington has served as a Director of the Company since 1993 and is a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Harrington is not on the board of directors of any other public companies.
    James E. Cayne - Chairman of the Board/Director
    Total Compensation: $ 38.35 M
    On January 8, 2008, James E. Cayne notified the board of directors of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. of his decision to retire from his position as chief executive officer of the Company effective immediately. Mr. Cayne retired from the Company effective January 8, 2008. Mr. Cayne will continue to serve as chairman of the board of directors of the Company. James E. Cayne, age 72, has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Bear Stearns for more than the past five years. Mr. Cayne has served as a Director of the Company since 1985 and is a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Cayne is not on the board of directors of any other public company.
    Vincent Tese - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Vincent Tese, age 63, has been the Chairman of Wireless Cable International Inc. for more than the past five years. Mr. Tese has served as a Director of the Company since 1994 and is a member of the Compensation, Corporate Governance and Nominating, and Finance and Risk Committees and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Qualified Legal Compliance Committee. Mr. Tese is on the boards of the following additional public companies: Bowne & Co., Inc.; Cablevision Systems Corporation; Mack-Cali Realty Corporation; IntercontinentalExchange Group; and GAMCO Investors, Inc.
    Henry S. Bienen - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Henry S. Bienen, age 67, has been President of Northwestern University for more than the past five years. Mr. Bienen has served as a Director of the Company since 2004 and is a member of the Audit and Qualified Legal Compliance Committees. Mr. Bienen is not on the board of directors of any other public companies.
    Frank T. Nickell - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Frank T. Nickell, age 59, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Kelso & Company, a privately held merchant banking firm, for more than the past five years. Mr. Nickell has been Chairman of Kelso & Company since June 19, 2006. Mr. Nickell has served as a Director of the Company since 1993 and is a member of the Compensation, Corporate Governance and Nominating, and Finance and Risk Committees. Mr. Nickell is not on the board of directors of any other public company.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Wesley S. Williams Jr., age 64 had been a partner in the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP for more than five years prior to his retirement on January 1, 2005. He has been President and Chief Operating Officer since 2004, Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer from 2003 to 2004, and Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer for more than five years, of Lockhart Companies Incorporated, a 32-company conglomerate of real estate, insurance, and consumer finance companies operating largely in the Eastern Caribbean. Prior to his retirement on January 1, 2005, Mr. Williams had been Chairman from 2003 through 2004, Deputy Chairman from 2001 through 2002, and a member of the Board of Directors for more than five years, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Mr. Williams has also been Chairman since 2004, and a member of the Board of Directors for more than five years, of the National Prostate Cancer Coalition. Mr. Williams has served as a Director of the Company since 2004 and is a member of the Audit and Qualified Legal Compliance Committees.
    Carl D. Glickman - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Carl D. Glickman, age 80, has been a private investor for more than the past five years. Mr. Glickman has served as a Director of the Company since 1985 and is a member of the Audit and Qualified Legal Compliance Committees and is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. He is also the Presiding Trustee and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Lexington Corporate Properties Trust.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Michael Goldstein, age 65, was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Toys "R" Us, Inc. until his retirement in June 2001. From June 2001 through May 2006, Mr. Goldstein was the Chairman of Toys "R" Us, Inc. Children's Fund. Mr. Goldstein was appointed to the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee on January 10, 2007. Mr. Goldstein is on the boards of the following additional public companies: 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.; Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.; Medco Health Solutions, Inc.; Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.; and United Retail Group, Inc.
    Total Compensation: $ 19.94 M
    Mr. Greenberg has been Chairman of the Executive Committee for more than five years and prior to June 2001 was Chairman of the Board of the Company.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Frederic V. Salerno, age 63, was the Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Verizon Communications Inc. (formerly Bell Atlantic Corporation) until his retirement on September 30, 2002. Prior to June 2000, Mr. Salerno was the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer/Strategy and Business Development of Bell Atlantic Corporation. Prior to the merger of NYNEX Corp. ("NYNEX") and Bell Atlantic Corporation, Mr. Salerno was the Vice Chairman of the Board of NYNEX for more than five years. Mr. Salerno has served as a Director of the Company since 1992 and is a member of the Audit, Finance and Risk, and Qualified Legal Compliance Committees and is the Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Salerno is on the boards of the following additional public companies: Popular, Inc.; Viacom Inc.; Consolidated Edison, Inc.; Akamai Technologies, Inc.; and IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.
    Paul A. Novelly - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Paul A. Novelly, age 63, has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Apex Oil Company, Inc., a privately held company engaged in wholesale marketing, storage and distribution of petroleum products, for more than the past five years. Mr. Novelly has served as a Director of the Company since 2002 and is a member of the Audit, Corporate Governance and Nominating, and Qualified Legal Compliance Committees and is the Chairman of the Finance and Risk Committee. Mr. Novelly is on the board of one additional public company: Boss Holdings, Inc.
    Total Compensation: $ 35.33 M
    Michael Minikes - Treasurer
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Minikes has been Treasurer of the Company for more than five years and prior to April 10, 2006 was treasurer of Bear Stearns.
    Jeffrey M. Farber - Divisional Senior VP/Controller
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Farber became Senior Vice President-Finance of the Company in February 2007, and has been Controller of the Company and Bear Stearns since January 2004. Mr. Farber was Assistant Controller of the Company from May 2000 to January 2004, and since May 2000 has been a Senior Managing Director of Bear Stearns. Prior to May 2000 Mr. Farber was a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP.