Jerome W. Van Gorkom
Male, Deceased Person
1917 – 1998
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Who was Jerome W. Van Gorkom?
Jerome William Van Gorkom was a United States businessman who was U.S. Under Secretary of State for Management 1982-83. He served as the CEO of TransUnion for eighteen years. Van Gorkom is probably best known as the named defendant in the landmark corporate law case of Smith v. Van Gorkom, 488 A.2d 858, which involved the merger of TransUnion with the Marmon Group in 1980.
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- Born
- Aug 6, 1917
- Also known as
- Jerome Van Gorkom
- Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- University of Illinois College of Law
- Died
- Mar 17, 1998
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on July 23, 2013
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