Max C. Chapman

Following graduation from business school, he joined Kidder, Peabody & Co. There, he founded the Financial Futures Department and co-founded the High-Yield Bond and Merchant Banking Group.^[4]

In 1987, he was elected as the president and CEO of Kidder, Peabody & Co., the investment banking and broker-dealer subsidiary of the parent, Kidder, Peabody Group, Inc. At the same time, he was also elected as president and chief operating officer of the parent company. In 1989, he joined Nomura Securities, where he served as the chairman of Nomura Holding America Inc., managing director of the Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., and chairman of Nomura Europe Holding plc.^[5] In 1996, Chapman stepped down from his position as co-chief executive and became managing director of the parent company, while also retaining the ceremonial role of chairman of Nomura's U.S. division.^[6] Chapman left the company in 1999.^[7]

He currently owns many properties and companies throughout the United States, including the Brooks Lake Lodge, a private 800-acre ranch in Dubois, WY and the Snow King Mountain Resort which has the one-of-a-kind Snow King Observatory and Planetarium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Chapman donated $5 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to build a new building, which was named Chapman Hall in his honor.^[2]