Scott Bok
American business executive
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Scott L. Bok is an American business executive who is the chief executive officer of Greenhill & Co. He was the chair of the University of Pennsylvania board of trustees from 2021 to 2023. Bok currently serves as the Chair of the American Museum of Natural History.[1][2]
Life
Bok is from St. Joseph, Michigan.[3] He earned a B.A. in political science and B.S.E. in economics in 1981 and a J.D. in 1984 from the University of Pennsylvania.[4] From 1978 to 1980, he was a student news reporter of The Daily Pennsylvanian.[4]
Bok worked in mergers, acquisitions, and securities law at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz from 1984 to 1986.[5] From 1986 to 1997, he was the managing director of the department of mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring at Morgan Stanley.[5] Bok joined Greenhill & Co. in 1997 as its managing director, later becoming chief executive officer.[5] On July 1, 2021, Bok succeeded David L. Cohen as the chair University of Pennsylvania board of trustees.[5] He resigned from the board on December 9, 2023 and was succeeded by interim chair Julie Platt.[6][7]
