Greg Fleming

Gregory James Fleming (born February 27, 1963) is an American business executive and investment banker. including the $50 billion sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America. In 2010, he became president of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, He was named the founding president and CEO of Rockefeller Capital in 2017, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University in economics, summa cum laude. He received a J.D. from Yale Law School, in 1988.

Career In 1988, Fleming joined the management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton as a consultant, Fleming was hired by Merrill Lynch in 1992, and was initially tasked with restructuring the firm's municipal bond division. He advised on BlackRock's initial public offering in 1999, and was subsequently promoted to head Merrill Lynch's U.S. financial institutions group. In 2003, he became head of the company's global investment banking and, later, co-president of the capital markets unit. In May 2007, Fleming and Ahmass Fakahany were named co-presidents of Merrill Lynch. In June 2008, Fleming became chief operating officer. After the Bank of America merger was completed in January 2009, Fleming resigned from Merrill Lynch to teach at Yale University, becoming a senior research scholar and lecturer in law.

In 2010 Fleming became president of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, That year, he assisted Anthony Scaramucci with selling SkyBridge Capital, and in 2017 represented Derek Jeter on the consortium purchase of the Miami Marlins. In 2017, Fleming was announced as the founding CEO of Rockefeller Capital Management, while also taking an ownership stake.

Fleming has been quoted in the press on a number of market-related issues and, in 2022, Fortune described Fleming as a long-time advocate of increasing H1B visas to increase labor availability for specialized jobs in the US market. In September 2022, the Financial Times credited Fleming with greatly increasing Rockefeller Capital Management's presence and asset holdings in US cities. In April 2023, Bloomberg cited Fleming stating the firm had received a significant investment from the Demarais family, with plans to use the funds for expansion. Fleming is also a member of the trustee advisory board at Millennium Management, LLC. Fleming joined the board of directors of BlackRock in April 2025. In October 2025, he announced a successful recapitalization of Rockefeller Capital Management, resulting in its valuation of $6.6 billion.

Personal life He and his wife Melissa together have three children.