Winthrop Smith Jr., Former Chairman of Merrill Lynch - #PreMarket Prep for December 29, 2014

Listen to the daily broadcast live: http://premarket.benzinga.com/pre-market-show/ Winthrop H. Smith is also the son of one of Merrill Lynch's founders. During Smith's final decade with the firm, he was EVP of Merrill Lynch & Co., member of the Executive Management Committee, and Chairman of Merrill Lynch International. In the latter capacity, he led one of ML's four business units with 9,000 employees, over $2 billion in revenues, and client assets of $180 billion, developing senior client relationships in over eighty countries. He is one of few people who has known every CEO at Merrill Lynch. Currently, Smith is majority owner and President of Sugarbush Resort in Vermont and director of four financial firms in the U.S. and Canada.