Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 22, 2000
GEORGE A. SCHAEFER, JR. has been President and CEO of Fifth Third
Bancorp/Fifth Third Bank since January 1990. He was hired in 1971 as a
Management Trainee. He became the President and Chief Operating Officer
in April 1989. Mr. Schaefer is a member of the Cincinnati Business
Committee; Board Member of the University of Cincinnati; Board Member of
the United Appeal; Board Member of Children's Hospital Medical Center;
Board Member of the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts of America;
Board Member of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce; Board Member
of the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati; Board Member of the
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, and Board Member of The Taft Museum.
Mr. Schaefer was in the U.S. Army Europe from 1967 to 1969; U.S. Army
Vietnam, 1969-1970, Bronze Star. Mr. Schaefer has a BS in Engineering
from U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1967, and an MBA in Finance from
Xavier University, 1974. He is married with three children. Profile
Bancorp? Then describe what the business is like today.
Mr. Schaefer: Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial
