Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt

Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt, originally Carter, Berlind, Potoma & Weill, was an American investment banking and brokerage firm founded in 1960 and acquired by American Express in 1981. In its two decades as an independent firm, Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt served as a vehicle for the rollup of more than a dozen brokerage and securities firms led by Sanford I. Weill that culminated in the formation of Shearson Loeb Rhoades.

Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt
IndustryFinancial services
PredecessorCarter, Berlind, Potoma & Weill (1960–62)
Carter, Berlind & Weill (1962–69)
Founded1960
FounderArthur L. Carter, Roger Berlind, Sanford I. Weill
Defunct1972 (name is dropped)
1981 (firm is acquired)
FateDropped usage of the name in 1972, acquired by American Express in 1981
SuccessorHayden, Stone & Co.
Shearson Hayden Stone
Shearson Loeb Rhoades
Shearson/American Express
HeadquartersNew York City, United States
Key people
Arthur Levitt, Marshall Cogan, Peter Potoma
ProductsBrokerage, Investment banking

Among the firms most notable partners were Sanford I. Weill, Arthur Levitt, Arthur L. Carter, Marshall Cogan, Roger Berlind, and Peter Potoma.

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