Lewis A. Sanders

Lewis A. "Lew" Sanders is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of AllianceBernstein.

Mr. Sanders became AllianceBernstein's Chairman in January 2005; he became CEO in July 2003. He had been Vice Chairman and CIO since October 2000.

Before the combination of Alliance Capital and Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. in October 2000, Mr. Sanders served for seven years as CEO of Bernstein. In his 32 years at Bernstein, he also served as president and chief operating officer, with senior responsibility for all research and investment management operations (1981–1993); executive vice president (1979–1981); and research director (1972–1981). Mr. Sanders joined Bernstein in 1968 as a research analyst, establishing credentials that would lead to his being named to the Institutional Investor All-America Research team four times.

Before joining Bernstein, Mr. Sanders worked at Oppenheimer & Co for two years as a research assistant. He holds a BS in operations research from Columbia University. CFA - Location: New York. Mr. Sanders serves as a trustee of The Rockefeller University Board and on the board of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

External links

Lew Sanders' Profile on AllianceBernstein.com [http://www.alliancebernstein.com/Portal/Biography.aspx?cid=30201]