Edson Mitchell

Edson Mitchell (born May 19, 1953 in Portland , Maine , † December 22, 2000 in Rangeley , Maine) was a figure in the international financial world.

Edson Mitchell, a descendant of Swedish immigrants , grew up in very simple circumstances. He studied economics at Colby College and at the Tuck School of Business of Dartmouth College closed it with an MBA from.

He then worked at Bank of America in Chicago and in 1980 moved to Merrill Lynch in New York . Despite great success, however, he did not succeed in advancing to the management level there. In 1995 he moved to Deutsche Bank , where he was in charge of global markets. In 2000 he and Michael Philipp were the first American to be appointed to the board.

Mitchell was killed in late 2000 when his private plane (a Beechcraft King Air 200 small plane) crashed , which the investigation report found to be due to a pilot's error.

literature

Nils Ole Oermann : Death of an Investment Banker: A Moral History of the Financial Industry. Herder Verlag, Freiburg 2013, ISBN 978-3451306761 .

Web links

Biography of the Historical Society of Deutsche Bank

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Nils Ole Oermann: The legacy after the crash. In: Zeit Online . February 14, 2013, accessed August 15, 2017 .
↑ Paid Notice: Deaths MITCHELL, EDSON V. In: The New York Times . December 26, 2000, accessed August 15, 2017 .
↑ Erich Follath: Careers: The shark and the pinstripes. In: Der Spiegel . July 17, 2000, accessed August 15, 2017 .
↑ NTSB Identification: NYC01FA058. National Transportation Safety Board , October 17, 2001, accessed on March 1, 2015 : "The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain sufficient altitude while maneuvering to land, which resulted in a collision with terrain. Factors in the accident were the dark night, mountainous terrain, snow showers, clouds, and the pilot's decision to cancel his IFR clearance. "

personal data
SURNAME	Mitchell, Edson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American bank manager
DATE OF BIRTH	May 19, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Portland (Maine)
DATE OF DEATH	December 22, 2000
Place of death	Rangeley , Maine

[:0-1] Nils Ole Oermann: The legacy after the crash. In: Zeit Online . February 14, 2013, accessed August 15, 2017 .

[2] Paid Notice: Deaths MITCHELL, EDSON V. In: The New York Times . December 26, 2000, accessed August 15, 2017 .

[3] Erich Follath: Careers: The shark and the pinstripes. In: Der Spiegel . July 17, 2000, accessed August 15, 2017 .

[4] NTSB Identification: NYC01FA058. National Transportation Safety Board , October 17, 2001, accessed on March 1, 2015 : "The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain sufficient altitude while maneuvering to land, which resulted in a collision with terrain. Factors in the accident were the dark night, mountainous terrain, snow showers, clouds, and the pilot's decision to cancel his IFR clearance. "