CEO, Citigroup
Jane Fraser was the first woman to lead a major Wall Street bank. She inherited a Citigroup in 2021 widely seen as the least efficient of the big US banks, and has since driven a sweeping simplification: divisions sold, countries exited, layers of management removed. Citi is also the most international of the American banks, operating in more than 180 countries.
Because Citi operates in so many countries and processes so much cross-border payment traffic, Fraser sees trade flows and capital movements invisible in domestic US data. For anyone watching emerging markets or the fallout from trade conflicts, that is a valuable vantage point.
Reads economics at Cambridge; starts at Goldman Sachs in London.
MBA at Harvard; becomes a partner at McKinsey, specialising in banks.
Moves to Citigroup, running strategy, private banking and mortgages in turn.
Becomes head of Citi Latin America and cleans up the Mexican operations.
President of Citigroup and head of global consumer banking.
Becomes CEO in March, the first woman to run a major Wall Street bank.
Announces a deep restructuring around five core businesses with far fewer management layers.
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Updated: 2026-07-23
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