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Gregory J. Fleming (born 1963) is an American business executive and investment banker. Currently the CEO of Rockefeller Capital Management, Fleming is also a lecturer at Yale Law School in ethics and financial markets. He previously served as president and chief operating officer at Merrill Lynch, where he led several major mergers and acquisitions deals in the 2000s, including the $50 billion sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America. In 2010 he became president of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, then becoming president of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in 2011. He was named the founding president and CEO of Rockefeller Capital in 2017.

Early life and education
Born in 1963, Fleming grew up in Hopewell Junction, New York; both of his parents were school teachers. He received a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1988.

Career
In 1988, Fleming joined the management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton as a consultant, later becoming a principal. Fleming was hired by Merrill Lynch in 1992, and was initially tasked with restructuring the firm's municipal bond division. He advised on BlackRock's initial public offering in 1999, and was also promoted to head Merrill Lynch's U.S. financial institutions group. In 2003, he was promoted to head the company's global investment banking, and then became co-president of the capital markets unit. In those roles, Fleming helped lead the merger of Merrill Lynch Investment Management and BlackRock in 2006, and also served on BlackRock's board. In May 2007, Fleming and Ahmass Fakahany were named co-presidents of Merrill Lynch. In June 2007, Fleming also became a chief operating officer, before becoming the sole president and COO in 2008. Fleming was a key player in Merrill Lynch's acquisition by Bank of America in 2008. After the merger was completed in January 2009, Fleming resigned from Merrill Lynch to teach at Yale University, becoming a senior research scholar and lecturer in law at Yale Law School.

In 2010 Fleming became president of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. He also joined the firm's operating committee. In 2011 he became president of global wealth management, including Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, while continuing to run asset management. Fleming resigned from Morgan Stanley in January 2016, continuing to lecture at Yale Law School. Fleming joined the board of Putnam Investments in August 2016. Also that year he assisted Anthony Scaramucci on selling SkyBridge Capital, and in 2017 he represented Derek Jeter on the consortium purchase of the Miami Marlins. In 2017, Fleming was announced as the founding CEO of Rockefeller Capital Management, also joining the board and taking an ownership stake.

Personal life
Fleming and his wife Melissa live in Westchester County, New York and have three children.