John Rau (business executive)
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John Rau was an American business executive.[1][2][3] A four-time CEO, he advised corporate leaders and served as the Poling Chair of Business and Government Leadership at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.[4][5][6]
Rau attended Boston College as an undergraduate.[7] He received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University, where he was the Goldman Sachs Fellow.[8]
Career
Rau served as a chief executive officer four times.[9] At the age of 35, he was the youngest of the top 100 bank presidents in the United States.[10] Rau was CEO of Exchange Bank, selling it to ABN Bank for $450 million in 1989.[11] ABN's LaSalle Bank then appointed him CEO, with Rau stepping down in 1991, but staying on ABN's North America board until it sold LaSalle to Bank of America for $23 billion in 2007.[12]
After LaSalle Bank, Rau became the dean of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.[13] He was also a visiting scholar at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management from 1992 to 1993, and counsel to the firm of McKinsey & Company.[14][15][16]
In 1996, Rau became CEO of Chicago Title & Trust, selling it to Fidelity National in 2000 for a stock-cash value of $1.2 billion.[17][18][19] In 2002, he was named CEO of the Chicago, Illinois-based private investment holding company Miami Corp., serving as CEO until his retirement in 2023.[20]
In September 2024, Rau became the Poling Chair of Business and Government Leadership at the Kelley School.[21] He was an 11-time corporate director, including six times as lead or chair, and a Forbes contributor.[22]
Publications
- Secrets from the Search Firm Files: What It Really Takes to Get Ahead in the Corporate Jungle[23]
References
- ↑ SMITH, SCOTT S. (2024-08-22). "John Rau Was A Successful CEO Four Times And Now Advises Leaders". Investor's Business Daily. Archived from the original on 2024-11-17. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ "John Rau, serial CEO for Chicago companies and a business school dean, dies at 77". Crain's Chicago Business. 2025-04-15. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ Vlahakis, George (2025-04-11). "IU Kelley School of Business mourns the death of John Rau, its eighth dean – Kelley School of Business". blog.kelley.iu.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ Lancaster, Hal (1997-05-06). "John Rau Learns From Staff, Then Finds a Way to Lead". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ Vlahakis, George (2024-09-26). "Former Kelley Dean John Rau returns to the school to serve as Poling Chair – Kelley School of Business". blog.kelley.iu.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ Tribune, Bob Goldsborough | Chicago (2025-05-09). "John Rau, led two venerable Chicago financial institutions, dies at 76". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ↑ Vlahakis, George (2024-09-26). "Former Kelley Dean John Rau returns to the school to serve as Poling Chair – Kelley School of Business". blog.kelley.iu.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ SMITH, SCOTT S. (2024-08-22). "John Rau Was A Successful CEO Four Times And Now Advises Leaders". Investor's Business Daily. Archived from the original on 2024-11-17. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ SMITH, SCOTT S. (2024-08-22). "John Rau Was A Successful CEO Four Times And Now Advises Leaders". Investor's Business Daily. Archived from the original on 2024-11-17. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ Vlahakis, George (2024-09-26). "Former Kelley Dean John Rau returns to the school to serve as Poling Chair – Kelley School of Business". blog.kelley.iu.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ SMITH, SCOTT S. (2024-08-22). "John Rau Was A Successful CEO Four Times And Now Advises Leaders". Investor's Business Daily. Archived from the original on 2024-11-17. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ SMITH, SCOTT S. (2024-08-22). "John Rau Was A Successful CEO Four Times And Now Advises Leaders". Investor's Business Daily. Archived from the original on 2024-11-17. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ Raspberry, William (1996-01-15). "Opinion | WHO WERE YOU?". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ Lancaster, Hal (1997-05-06). "John Rau Learns From Staff, Then Finds a Way to Lead". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ "In Brief Spring 2003, Kellogg World Alumni Magazine, Kellogg School of Management". www.kellogg.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ "Rau, John". The Wall Street Transcript. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ Lancaster, Hal (1998-08-25). "Technology Managers Start to Gain Status". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ Squeo, Anne Marie (1999-08-02). "Fidelity National Agrees to Buy Chicago Title in $1.2 Billion Deal". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ "FOR THE RECORD". Crain's Chicago Business. 1999-08-07. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ SMITH, SCOTT S. (2024-08-22). "John Rau Was A Successful CEO Four Times And Now Advises Leaders". Investor's Business Daily. Archived from the original on 2024-11-17. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ Vlahakis, George (2024-09-26). "Former Kelley Dean John Rau returns to the school to serve as Poling Chair – Kelley School of Business". blog.kelley.iu.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ Rau, John. "Twitter's New CEO Will Serve a Constituency of One". barrons. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ↑ Lancaster, Hal (1999-10-21). "If Everyone's an Expert, Why Are There So Few Mentors?". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-03-13.