About Bob Benmosche
Robert Herman Benmosche was the president and chief executive officer of American International Group. He was appointed President & Chief Executive Officer by the US Department of Treasury and AIG Board of Directors to succeed Edward M. Liddy. Benmosche is known for his leadership at AIG, where he led a turnaround and paid down government aid pledged by the Bush and Obama Administrations. Benmosche traced his Jewish lineage back to Lithuania, where his great-grandfather, Moshe Kreiskol, was one of the first Jews to serve in the tsar's army in the 1830s. Benmosche oversaw the sale of non-core assets in AIG's portfolio to pay down the $182 billion in government aid. On December 14, 2012, Benmosche announced that the U.S. government and American taxpayers received their full investment in AIG, plus a $22 billion positive return.
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