Background
Fishman, Jay Steven was born on November 4, 1952 in New York City. Son of Edward and Shirley Fishman.
Fishman, Jay Steven was born on November 4, 1952 in New York City. Son of Edward and Shirley Fishman.
Fishman received a master"s degree in accounting from the Wharton School of Business and graduated with a bachelor"s degree in economics, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.
Fishman served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Travelers Companies for 11 years prior to stepping down in December of 2015 following a diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis .
From 1989 to October 2001, Fishman held several key executive posts at Commercial Cr Corporation, Primerica, Travelers, and Citigroup. Fishman has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TRV since a merger between The Saint Paul Companies, Incorporated. (where Fishman had been Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President) and Travelers Companies first formed TRV in April 2004.
Prior to October 2001, Fishman served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of The Travelers Insurance Group, Incorporated., (which became Travelers Property Casualty Corporation in 2002 and merged with a subsidiary of Street Paul in 2004) and as Chief Executive Officer and President of Travelers Property Casualty Corporation
(which became Travelers Insurance Group Holdings Incorporated in 2002) also serving as Chairman of Holdings from March 2000 to January 2001. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Academy Foundation.
In June 2012, Fishman was named chairman of the Board of Directors of New York City Ballet. He serves on the Board of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
On August 4, 2015, Fishman announced he was stepping down as Chief Executive Officer due to his battle with the progressive neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig"s Disease.
Fishman serves at the University of Pennsylvania, as a member of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Overseers of the Graduate School of, and the Industry Advisory Board of the Financial Institutions Center for The Wharton School. He is an honored member of the Advisory Committee of the Jazz Foundation of America.
Married Randy Lee Chapman, September 25, 1976. Children: Jordan Elliot, Scott Martin.