International Directory of Business Biographies


Herbert Allison Biography

President, chief executive officer, and chairman, TIAA-CREF

Nationality: American.

Born: August 24, 1943, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Education: Yale University, BA, 1965; Stanford University, MBA, 1971.

Family: Son of Herbert M. Allison Sr. (FBI agent) and Mary B. Boardman Ellison; married Simin Nazemi, 1974; children: two.

Career: Merrill Lynch & Company, 1971–1978, investment banker; 1978–1980, assistant to the president; 1980–1983, manager, market planning; 1983–1986, treasurer; 1986-1993, senior vice president, director of human resources; 1993–1997, chief financial officer; 1997–1999, president and chief operating officer; AllLearn.org, 2000–2002, president and chief executive officer;...

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