Background
Blessing, Martin was born on July 6, 1963 in Bremen, Germany.
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Martin Blessing
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Education
Bachelor in business administration, University Frankfurt, University St. Gallen. Master of Business Administration, University Chicago, 1988.
Career
He was born in Bremen, Germany. He is from a family of bankers. From 1989 to 1996 he worked for McKinsey including two years as partner.
In 2008 he became Chief Executive Officer and a year later made the decision to take over Dresdner Bank.
The takeover ultimately led to the combined bank being bailed out twice by the German government. Though initial attempts were made to blame the bailout on Dresdner, there were major losses within the original Commerzbank group, particularly at its EuroHypo subsidiary.
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Membership
Blessing is a graduate of the University of Frankfurt and the University of Saint Gallen (HSG), where he was also a member of the International Students" Committee. Following this he worked for Dresdner Bank, Advance Bank (which subsequently failed) and then joined Commerzbank as a Member of the Board in 2001.
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Married; 3 children.
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1988