Jim Rothenberg | |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1946 |
Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] |
Death Place: | Southampton, New York |
Alma Mater: | Harvard College Harvard Business School |
Occupation: | Investor and philanthropist |
Known For: | Chairman of Capital Group Companies, Treasurer of the Harvard Corporation |
Spouse: | Anne Rothenberg |
James Frederic Rothenberg CFA (July 16, 1946 – July 21, 2015), "a leading figure in the investment world",[2] served as president and director of Capital Research and Management Co. (a principal subsidiary of the Capital Group Companies Inc.) and as investment adviser to American Funds.[2]
Born in Pittsburgh,[3] Rothenberg was an alumnus of both Harvard College and Harvard Business School and at the time of his death was a member of the Harvard Corporation.[2] Until he was replaced by Paul Finnegan in 2014, he had also served as the University's treasurer.[4] He was a trustee of the California Institute of Technology[5] and donated $15 million to Caltech in March, 2015. He was also a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation.
Rothenberg died on July 21, 2015, aged 69, of a heart attack.