Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 17, 2002
JOHN RUTHERFURD, JR., is President and Chief Executive Officer of
Moody's Corporation. Mr. Rutherfurd assumed this position when the firm
became an independent public company in October 2000. Previously Moody's
had been a part of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. President of
Moody's Investors Service from 1998 to October 2001, Mr. Rutherfurd
previously held the position of Chief Administrative Officer for the
firm from 1996 to 1998, responsible for Accounting and Finance,
Information and Technology, and Product Services. He joined the firm in
1995 as Managing Director for New Business Development, responsible for
certain diversification activities. From 1985 to 1989, and again from
1990 to 1995, Mr. Rutherfurd served as President of Interactive Data
Corporation (IDC), a leading provider of securities pricing and other
data for investment accounting. Dun & Bradstreet acquired IDC from Chase
in 1988 and sold the firm to The Financial Times, owned by Pearson, Plc
in 1995. Mr. Rutherfurd led the team that successfully improved IDC's
financial performance prior to its sale to The Financial Times. He was
one of the firm's founders in 1968. From 1989 to 1990, Mr. Rutherfurd
served as Executive Vice President of Dun & Bradstreet Financial
Information Services (North America), which included IDC and Moody's
Financial Information Services unit. From 1980 to 1985, Mr. Rutherfurd
served as Vice President and Chief of Staff for Chase Information
Services Group, a group of companies owned by Chase Manhattan Bank that
provided computer-based information services. Mr. Rutherfurd received an
LLB from Harvard University Law School in 1966 and a BA from Princeton
University in 1962. Profile
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