Zoe Cruz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Zoe Cruz
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Feb 2, 1955(1955-02-02)
Age	69
Birthplace	Greece
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aquarius

Zoe Cruz Biography

Zoe Cruz is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on February 2, 1955 in Greece, United States. Zoe Cruz, a senior bank executive from Greece and former co-president at Morgan Stanley, was born Zoe Papadimitriou in February 1955.

After graduating from business school, Cruz became a mother and was hired by Morgan Stanley in 1982. She remained with the firm for 25 years. In 1986, she was promoted to Vice President and in 1988 to Principal. She also became Managing Director in 1990. She was the global Head of Fixed Income and Commodities, Foreign Exchange from 2000 to 2005. On February 9, 2006, she was elected Co-President.

On October 9, 2009, the New York Times reported that Zoe Cruz was possibly starting her own hedge fund named Vorás Capital Management, which is expected to focus on distressed assets and macroeconomic bets on currencies and securities

Once considered “the most powerful woman on Wall Street,” in January 2014, Cruz, long dubbed “Cruz Missile”, joined the Board of Anglo-South African financial behemoth Old Mutual as an independent non-executive director.

She was ranked #10 on the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women of the World in 2006

Zoe Cruz Net Worth

Zoe Cruz is one of the richest Businessperson from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Zoe Cruz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Cruz was born Zoe Papadimitriou, in Greece. Zoe moved with her parents to Massachusetts at the age of 14 Harvard University magnacum laude awarded her a B.A. She graduated from Harvard University in 1977 with a B.A. in Romance Languages & Literatures and received a Harvard Business School MBA in 1982.

Cruz was the highest-paid woman in Fortune.com’s 2006 countdown, with total compensation of $30 Million in 2006. Forbes also ranked her as the 10th most powerful women in the world in 2006, and the 16th most powerful woman worldwide in 2007.

On November 29, 2007, Morgan Stanley announced that Zoe Cruz was resigning as co-president of the firm and that she would retire immediately.

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Who is Zoe Cruz Dating?

According to our records, Zoe Cruz married to Ernesto Cruz. As of December 1, 2023, Zoe Cruz’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Zoe Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Zoe Cruz celebrates birthday on February 2 of every year.

Top Facts about Zoe Cruz

1. Zoe Cruz (née Papadimitriou) was born on February 2nd 1955 in Greece.
2. She is a Greek American senior banking executive and former co-president of Morgan Stanley.
3. She attended Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Romance Languages & Literatures in 1977.
4. Cruz became Morgan Stanley’s co-president in 2006.
5. She is fluent in Greek, English, Spanish, and French.
6. She was on the list of Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women in 2006 and The Wall Street Journal’s “50 Women to Watch in Business” in 2007.
7. She was named one of Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women in Business” and “6 CEOs to Be” in 2015.
8. She was the highest paid woman by Fortune in 2006 with total compensation of $30 million.
9. In 2009, she started hedge fund Vorás Capital Management, later converted into EOZ Global.
10. She sat on the Board of Anglo-South African financial behemoth Old Mutual from 2014 to 2018.
11. She served on the board of directors for Lincoln Center and advisory board at Ondra Partners.
12. She joined the Board of Ripple from 2017 to 2019.
13. She was appointed a non-executive director of Man Group’s Board and Remuneration Committee in 2018.
14. She is the Founder and CEO of Menai Financial Group.
15. She is a member of the Advisory Council of the Harvard Kennedy School Center for Business and Government.