Gary Parr
Gary Parr | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | BSBA University of North Carolina MBA Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Investment banker |
| Employer | Lazard Ltd |
Gary W. Parr is a vice chairman of Lazard. He is an investment banker who has focused on the financial services industry for more than 30 years.
Career
Parr began his career at First Boston Corp., where he worked on insurance industry mergers.[1] In 1988 he was part of a group that formed the advisory firm Wasserstein Perella, co-founded by Bruce Wasserstein and Joseph Perella. In 1993, he moved to Morgan Stanley, where his roles included heading the global financial institutions group and co-heading the global M&A division. He joined Lazard in 2003.[1][2]
He has advised clients on many of the largest mergers and acquisitions and strategic investments in the financial services industry, including: the sale of Lehman’s North American investment banking business to Barclays; the sale of Bear Stearns to JP Morgan; Mitsubishi UFJ’s investment in Morgan Stanley; Kuwait’s investment in Citigroup; China Investment Corp.’s investment in Morgan Stanley; the merger of Bank of New York and Mellon; the sale of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette to Credit Suisse First Boston; Dean Witter Discover’s merger with Morgan Stanley; and Berkshire Hathaway’s acquisition of GEICO.[1][3]
Personal
Parr is from Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a brother of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. He graduated from the distinguished Kenan-Flagler Business School in 1979 with honors, Phi Beta Kappa and Beta Gamma Sigma. He also received an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.[1][4]
Parr is said to enjoy architectural renovation projects, and owns historic properties in Tuxedo Park, NY and Palm Beach, Florida, as well as a home in New York City. He was formerly chairman of Venetian Heritage, a historical restoration organization.[5]
He established the Parr Center for Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2004. Among other activities, the Parr Center sponsors visiting scholars, talks by prominent philosophers, and intercollegiate debates on ethical issues.[6]
In October 2014 the Wainstein Report revealed that the Director of the Parr Center for Ethics, Jan Boxill, "... was responsible for funneling student-athletes into bogus paper classes and negotiating the grade they would need to stay eligible" in an academic fraud at UNC that persisted from 1997 until 2011. In November 2014, Geoffrey Sayre-McCordGeoffrey Sayre-McCord, an eminent meta-ethacist specializing in moral relativism and the ethical perspectives of David Hume, replaced Boxill as Director of the Parr Center for Ethics.[7]
In 2013 he was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of North Carolina.[4]
Parr is currently on the Board of Directors of the New York Philharmonic, and served as Chairman from September 2009 to February 2015.[2][8][9]
He also served on the Board of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3]
Affiliations
- Director : New York Philharmonic
- Chairman : Parr Center for Ethics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Board Member : Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Former Board member : Berkeley Divinity School - Yale
- Former Chairman: Venetian Heritage
- Fraternity : Pi Kappa Phi
References
- ^ a b c d Matt Golosinski. "Theory into Practice: Analytical and 'people' skills both key, says financial ace Gary Parr '80". Retrieved 2007.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Daniel J. Wakin (2009-06-12). "New York Philharmonic Names Gary Parr Chairman". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ a b Liza Porteus Viana. "The Global Engineer". Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ a b "Distinguished alumni to receive awards University Day".
- ^ Deborah Hartz-Seeley. "Real Estate: Famed Casa Alva sold to preservationist".
- ^ "The Parr Center For Ethics".
- ^ http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2014/10/campus-shocked-by-former-faculty-chairwoman-jan-boxills-involvement-in-academic-scandal
- ^ "Chairman Gary W. Parr". New York Philharmonic.
- ^ Michael Cooper. "Taking Up a New Baton: Chairman of the Board".