Raymond J. McGuire (born January 23, 1957)[1] is an American businessman. As of 2023 he is the president of the international financial services and investment banking firm Lazard, and is based in its New York headquarters. Previously, he worked for 15 years as a senior executive at Citigroup, following executive positions at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. He was a candidate in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary.
McGuire began working in finance in 1982 at First Boston.[6] He was next one of the original members of the investment bank Wasserstein Perella & Co., and then was managing director in the mergers and acquisitions group at Merrill Lynch.[7] He subsequently spent several years as global co-head of mergers and acquisitions at Morgan Stanley.[7][6]
He moved to Citigroup in 2005, where he initially worked as the global co-head of investment banking.[8][6] In 2009, he became sole head of global banking;[9][10][1] by 2012, this title had changed to global head of corporate and investment banking.[11][12] In 2018 he became vice chairman of Citigroup, and chairman of Citigroup's banking, capital markets and advisory business.[8][13][14] During his tenure at Citigroup, McGuire served as business advisor for a number of major deals, including the Time Warner Cable split, ConocoPhillips' acquisition of Burlington Resources, Koch Industries' acquisition of Georgia-Pacific, and the sale of Electronic Data Systems to Hewlett-Packard.[13]
In 2023 he was appointed president of the financial services and investment banking firm Lazard, with responsibility for strengthening relationships with banking clients and institutional investors, attracting new talent, and assisting the firm's global expansion.[19] He is based in Lazard's New York offices.[19]
Three months after beginning his campaign, McGuire had raised $5 million with notable contributions from the business community.[29]
In May 2021, when The New York Times editorial board asked eight mayoral candidates the median sales price for a home in Brooklyn, McGuire and fellow candidate Shaun Donovan greatly underestimated the amount. Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, characterized their estimates as being "out of touch with what’s going on in the city".[30]
McGuire ultimately finished in seventh place, with 2.3% of the vote.[31]
^Hofman, Abigail (November 4, 2009). "Off with their heads". Euromoney. Retrieved December 19, 2024. McGuire, Citi's head of global banking, .... McGuire, who joined Citi from Morgan Stanley in 2005, was appointed to his present role this summer.