• 06 Jan 2009 at 1:27 PM

Who Should Be The Next CEO Of Morgan Stanley?

By Bess Levin

Picture 503.pngYou know Ladenburg Thalmann analyst Dick Bove’s pick** (Phill Purcell come on down!), and while we hope he gets his wish (that’s not an endorsement of P-squared so much as it is one for the adorable woodland creature), there are a few other names in the board’s exploratory hopper in anticipation of John Mack’s probable 2010 retirement. According to Dennis Berman, they include co-presidents– and now rivals for the throne– Walid Chammah and James Gorman, though Chammah is apparently all “eh” about taking the job, and Gorman may be too new and not yet in with the right people at the firm. Also under vague consideration by the board are “dark horse” picks CFO Colm Kelleher and investment bank chief Paul Taubman, as well as outsiders (Jimmy Cayne, Bernie Madoff). Have someone in mind? Nominate your pick today!
**He originally nominated Purcell for Wachovia, but we’re told the Phil-ster is Bove’s default pick for CEO of any firm, when asked.

Comments (36)

  1. 1
    Posted by girl | January 6, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    IS it like a prerequisite that one must have scary eyebrows to be CEO?
    In that case, i’m done tweezing 4-eva.

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:39 PM

    Billy Mays

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:40 PM

    what a snoozer of a day around here.

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:42 PM

    @3- what a snoozer of a comment. douche.

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    Kevin Bacon

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    Howard Stark

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:50 PM

    Courtney Love

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    George Jefferson

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    Gary Busey

  10. 10
    Posted by e_anthony58 | January 6, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    CHARLIE GASPARINO!!

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:53 PM

    Adolf Merckle

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:54 PM

    Heidi Klum (Just because)

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:55 PM

    Definately Dick Fuld…he just finished up at LEH.

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    you have no idea how bad that hurts.

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    Jefferson Davis

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:57 PM

    Frank Ricard

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:58 PM

    Morgan Freeman

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    Bawney Fwank

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    Bawney Fwank

  20. 20
    Posted by Rahodeb | January 6, 2009 at 2:06 PM

    John Mackey

  21. 21
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 2:07 PM

    Vince of Shamwow

  22. 22
    Posted by mrpink | January 6, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    Tanner from UBS.
    -mrp

  23. 23
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 2:37 PM

    George Bush’s schedule is freeing up soon…

  24. 24
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 2:55 PM

    Erin Callan

  25. 25
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 3:04 PM

    Barry the Baptist
    -BBF

  26. 26
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 3:15 PM

    Eddie Lampert…stocks and socks all over again, baby

  27. 27
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 4:54 PM

    Gregory Fleming from Merrill Lynch

  28. 28
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    Gregory Fleming from Merrill Lynch

  29. 29
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 5:13 PM

    Elmer Fudd could do a better job there!

  30. 30
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 6:30 PM

    Tim Sykes

  31. 31
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 7:47 PM

    Maybe Gorman’s popular with the retail guys, and maybe that’s our future, but he seems kind of like a dolt. When MS was on the verge of collapse and we had some town hall meeting things to try to calm people down, he would drone on about how we had signed up a bunch of great brokers at our latest job fair in Cleveland or something, and people watching on the trading floor were looking at each other wondering if he was retarded or something or had just mentally blocked out the fact that the firm was on the verge of collapse and no one gave a shit about some retail job fair.

  32. 32
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 8:14 PM

    MS has to clear some cap room now if Mack goes in 2010 so they can sign up LEBRON JAMES

  33. 33
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 8:19 PM

    LeBron James
    …..beaten like a redheaded stepchild

  34. 34
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 8:23 PM

    LEBRON JAMES AND CHRIS BOSH COMIN TO 1585 IN 2010

  35. 35
    Posted by guest | January 7, 2009 at 8:11 AM

    Dubya

  36. 36
    Posted by guest | January 7, 2009 at 9:59 PM

    A. Goose comes to mind

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