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Chief executive officer, St. Paul Travelers Companies, Incorporated

Nationality: American.

Born: November 4, 1952, in New York, New York.

Education: University of Pennsylvania, BA, 1974; University of Pennsylvania, MS, 1974.

Family: Son of Edward (print shop owner) and Shirley Cantor; married Randy Lee Chapman; children: two.

Career: Coopers & Lybrand, 1974–1979, audit supervisor; American Can Company, 1979–1983, director, mergers and acquisitions; Goergen & Sterling, 1983–1986, senior vice president; Shearson Lehman Brothers,...