The following is a list of chairmen and presidents of what is now Citigroup—the person or persons who were ultimately responsible for the company since its founding in 1812. The company was led by presidents until 1909, when James J. Stillman became the first chairman, holding the highest office in the company.

Presidents

Title	Portrait	Named individual	Start date	End date	Notes
President		Samuel Osgood	1812	1813	City Bank of New York
President		William Few	1813	1817
President		Peter Staff	1817	1825
President		Thomas L. Smith	1825	1827
President		Isaac Wright	1827	1832
President		Thomas Bloodgood	1832	1844
President		Gorham A. Worth	1844	1856
President		Moses Taylor	1856	1882	National City Bank after 1865 - telegraph lines referred to it as "Citibank"
President		Percy Pyne	1882	1891
President		James Stillman	1891	1909

Chairman

Title	Portrait	Named individual	Start date	End date	Notes
Chairman		James Stillman	1909	1918

Presidents

The Chairman position was not filled between 1918 (Stillman's death) and 1929. Duties were handled by the President who acted on an interim basis.

Title	Portrait	Named individual	Start date	End date	Notes
President		Frank A. Vanderlip	1909	1919
President		James A. Stillman	1919	1921
President		Charles E. Mitchell	1921	1929
President		Gordon S. Rentschler	1929	1940
President		William Gage Brady Jr.	1940	1948
President		Howard C. Sheperd	1948	1952
President		James Stillman Rockefeller	1952	1959
President		George S. Moore	1959	1967

Chairmen

Title	Portrait	Named individual	Start date	End date	Notes
Chairman		Charles E. Mitchell	1929	1933
Chairman		James H. Perkins	1933	1940
Chairman		Gordon Sohn Rentschler	1940	1948
Chairman		William Gage Brady, Jr.	1948	1952
Chairman		Howard C. Sheperd	1952	1959	First National City Bank of New York after 1955
Chairman		James Stillman Rockefeller	1959	1967	First National City Bank after 1962
Chairman		George S. Moore	1967	1970	First National City Corporation in 1968
Chairman		Walter B. Wriston	1970	1984	Citicorp in 1974
Chairman		John S. Reed	1984	2000	co-chair of Citigroup after 1998
Chairman		Sanford I. Weill	1998	2006	co-chair 1998–2000
Chairman		Charles Prince	2006	2007	operating as Citi in 2007
Chairman		Robert Rubin	2007	2007	November 4 – December 11, 2007
Chairman		Winfried Bischoff	2007	2009
Chairman		Richard Parsons	2009	2012
Chairman		Michael E. O'Neill	2012	2019	Began April 2012; retired on January 1 2019
Chairman		John Dugan	2019	Incumbent

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