John Thain

John Alexander Thain is the founder of Pine Island Capital Partners LLC, founded in 2017, serving as Chairman.
Current jobs include Chairman at Pine Island Acquisition Corp.
since 2020; Director at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc., French-American Foundation, and Uber Technologies, Inc. (Independent Director since 2017); Independent Member-Supervisory Board at Deutsche Bank AG since 2018; Trustee at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital since 2000, Howard University, and Antz Foundation.
Former jobs include Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (2007–2009), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (2009), Merrill Lynch Canada, Inc., and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer & Director at New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (2004–2006), NYSE Group, Inc. (2005–2007), and NYSE Euronext, Inc. (2006–2007); Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (2007–2008); Chairman at CIT Group, Inc. (2016); Chairman at Merrill Lynch & Co. Canada Ltd. (2007–2009); Executive Chairman at Efficient Finance Ltd.; President, Chief Operating Officer & Director at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (2003–2004); Director at BlackRock Finance, Inc. (2008–2009); Director at The Partnership for New York City, Inc., The New York Botanical Garden, and Enjoy Technology LLC; President-Global Investment Banking & Markets at Bank of America Corp.
(2007–2009).
Education includes an MBA from Harvard University (1979) and an undergraduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1977).