George Schaefer (finance)
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George Schaefer, Jr. is CEO of Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati, OH, a financial services company whose banking arm is Fifth Third Bank. He has been president and CEO since 1990.
Mr. Schaefer is a 1963 graduate of Elder High School. Upon graduation he was appointed to West Point where he received his Batchelor's degree in engineering. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant and soon after entered U.S. Army Ranger school. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, was awarded a Bronze Star and left the Army in 1971. He is a 1974 graduate of Xavier University Business School.
He joined Fifth Third Bank in 1971 and continued in increasing roles within Fifth Third Bank, becoming a director in 1988, a company officer in 1990, at which time he reached the top position, where he continues in his present leadership role. In June 2006 he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank.
