COMPANY

Banking, financial services, and mutual funds, founded in Seattle, 1889. Acquired Home Savings and Loan in 1998. In 2008, Washington Mutual was seized by the Treasury Department and its operations acquired by JP Morgan Chase for $1.3B.

Official Website:
http://www.wamu.com/

Industry:
Banking

Ticker:
NYSE:WM

Corporate headquarters:
Seattle, WA

Sales:
$26.5B (2006)

Employees:
50,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kerry K. Killinger	Business	6-Jun-1949		Last CEO of Washington Mutual
Mary E. Pugh	Business	c. 1959		Pugh Capital Management
Joseph W. Saunders	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Visa

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Bonderman	Business	c. 1943		Billionaire, Texas Pacific Group
Stephen I. Chazen	Business	c. 1946		President and CFO, Occidental Petroleum
Stephen E. Frank	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Southern California Edison, 1995-2002
Kerry K. Killinger	Business	6-Jun-1949		Last CEO of Washington Mutual
Tom Leppert	Politician	22-Mar-1955		Mayor of Dallas
Charles M. Lillis	Business	c. 1945		President of MediaOne, 1995-2000
Phillip D. Matthews	Business	c. 1938		Former Dart Industries executive
Regina Montoya	Business	25-Dec-1953		CEO of New America Alliance
Michael K. Murphy	Business	c. 1938		CPM Development Corporation
Margaret Osmer-McQuade	Business	c. 1938		Qualitas International
William G. Reed, Jr.	Business	c. 1939		Simpson Timber Company
Orin C. Smith	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Starbucks, 2000-05
James H. Stever	Business	c. 1944		EVP at US West, 1993-96

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Anne V. Farrell	Administrator	c. 1936		CEO of the Seattle Foundation, 1984-2003
Booth Gardner	Politician	21-Aug-1936		Governor of Washington, 1985-93
Mary E. Pugh	Business	c. 1959		Pugh Capital Management

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Scott Adsit	Actor	26-Nov-1965		Pete Hornberger on 30 Rock

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