Sir winfried bischoff biography of albert einstein

German-born British banker (–)

Sir Winfried Franz Wilhelm Bischoff (10 May – 25 April ) was a German-born British banker who was the chairman of Lloyds Banking Group. He previously served as chairman and interim CEO of Citigroup in ^[1][2] He was succeeded as CEO by Vikram Pandit on 11 December Bischoff stepped down as chairman on 23 February and was replaced by Richard Parsons.^[3] He had dual British and German citizenship.^[4]

Bischoff was knighted in the New Year Honours for services to Banking.^[5]

Early life and education

Winfried Bischoff was born in Aachen, Germany, son of import-export entrepreneur Paul Bischoff and Hildegard, née Kühn, who had been working as a nanny in London when she met her future husband.^[6] Bischoff had an early education in Cologne and Düsseldorf.

In , he moved to Johannesburg where he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in ^{Albert Einstein Biography KESYL}