NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantor
Fitzgerald, L.P., ("Cantor") a leading global financial services
firm, sadly confirmed today that Anshu
Jain, its President, died overnight after battling a serious
illness. Mr. Jain joined the firm January
2017.
Mr. Howard Lutnick, Chief
Executive Officer, commented, "It is with profound sadness
that today we confirm Anshu's passing. Anshu was the consummate
professional who brought a wealth of experience and wisdom to his
role as President. He will be remembered as an extraordinary
leader, partner, and dear friend who will be greatly missed by all
of us and by all who knew him. On behalf of all our partners
and employees, we extend our deepest sympathies to Anshu's family
and wish them peace and healing during this
difficult time."
Among many other accomplishments throughout the entire group of
companies, Anshu was instrumental in building and cultivating
Cantor Fitzgerald's advisory and sales and trading businesses and
played a fundamental role in directing the investment bank's
Executive Committee.
Prior to joining Cantor, Mr. Jain was Co-CEO of Deutsche
Bank from June 2012 to June 2015. He joined Deutsche Bank from Merrill
Lynch in 1995. He was widely recognized for building the bank's
markets business and for helping transform Deutsche Bank into a
global universal bank with a leading investment banking franchise.
Prior to that, he held various roles at Merrill Lynch and Kidder,
Peabody & Co. He served on the International Advisory Panel of
the Monetary Authority of Singapore and, as an ardent conservationist,
worked with global environmental and wildlife conservation
groups.
Mr. Jain received his Bachelor's degree in Economics, with
honors, from the University of Delhi and his MBA in Finance, Beta Gamma
Sigma, from the University of Massachusetts
Amherst.
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technological innovation and has been a proven and resilient leader
for 77 years. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is a preeminent
investment bank serving more than 5,000 institutional clients
around the world, recognized for its strengths in fixed income and
equity capital markets, investment banking, SPAC underwriting and
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estate and for its global distribution platform. Cantor Fitzgerald
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