City National Bank
As chairman and chief executive officer of City National Bank since October 1995, Russell Goldsmith leads a financial institution of $15.5 billion in total assets, the largest bank based in Los Angeles. Additionally, he serves as president and chief executive officer of its publicly held parent company, City National Corporation, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (CYN). He has been a director of both the bank and its parent company since 1978.
From 1986 until its sale in 1994, Mr. Goldsmith was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of publicly held Republic Pictures Corporation. He also was vice chairman of the San Diego Padres Baseball Club from 1990 to 1994. He previously served as chief operating officer and a director of Lorimar Inc., a public entertainment company, from 1983 through 1985. Mr. Goldsmith began his professional career as an attorney, practicing at Irell & Manella. He later founded his own firm, Sanders, Barnet & Goldsmith, where he specialized in entertainment law.
Mr. Goldsmith serves on the Federal Reserve Board’s 12-member Federal Advisory Council, representing the Twelfth Federal Reserve District. He is a member of the board of directors of the Financial Services Roundtable and the board of trustees of the Harvard-Westlake School, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. |
