William Lanman Bull Sr. (August 23, 1844 – January 2, 1914) was an American banker who served as president of the New York Stock Exchange.
[5] After receiving a preparatory education, he studied at the College of the City of New York, where he graduated in 1864.
[2] After graduation, Bull began his business career by joining Edward Sweet & Co., a banking house founded in 1854 (with offices at the southwest corner of Wall and Broad Street) where his brother-in-law was the senior partner.
[8] Shortly after his death, Edward Sweet & Co., which was then at 34 Pine Street, was dissolved and its business taken over by Chandler Brothers & Co. of New York and Philadelphia.
[19][8] After a funeral at Grace Church, he was buried in the family vault in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.