Barry F. Sullivan (December 21, 1930 – August 11, 2016) was an American investment banker and politician who served as chairman and CEO of First Chicago Corporation from 1980 to 1991, and deputy mayor of New York City under David Dinkins.
[4] Despite not having played competitive basketball in three years, he was approached by the New York Knicks and offered a contract upon his graduation from Columbia.
[5] He landed a job at Chase Manhattan Bank in 1957 and was named a senior vice president in 1972, the youngest person ever to hold the position.
[6][7] In 1986, he was appointed chairman of the Institute of International Finance, a Washington-based organization representing the world's commercial bankers.
[12] In his later years, Sullivan pursued a master's degree in theology at Fordham University and spent a decade as vice chairman of publicly traded power plant owner and operator Sithe Energies.
[13][14] Outside his business career, Sullivan was involved in the creation of the Big Shoulders Fund, which has raised more than $300 million to support inner-city Catholic schools in the city's poorest neighborhoods.