F. William McNabb III

F. William McNabb III is the former chairperson and chief executive officer of Vanguard. He joined Vanguard in 1986. In 2008, he became chief executive officer; in 2010, he became chairperson of the board of directors and the board of trustees. He stepped down as chief executive officer at the end of 2017 and as chairperson at the end of 2018. Earlier in his career, he led each of Vanguard’s client-facing business divisions.

Mr. McNabb is active in the investment management industry and served as the chairperson of the Investment Company Institute’s board of governors from 2013 to 2016. A board member of UnitedHealth Group, IBM, and Axiom, he is also chairman of Ernst & Young’s Independent Audit Committee. In January 2021, he joined the board of Tilney Smith & Williamson, a U.K. wealth management and professional services group, as a non-executive director.