Hilmar Kopper

Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) announced on Friday that its former chief executive and chairman Hilmar Kopper has died at the age of 86. Kopper oversaw the nation's top lender during a period of rapid global expansion. He assumed the helm as CEO following the assassination of Alfred Herrhausen in 1989, serving until 1997. He was chairman from 1997 until 2002. Deutsche Bank, founded in 1870, went on a global shopping spree during Kopper's reign, buying Britain's Morgan Grenfell in a deal that closed in 1990 and Bankers Trust of the U.S. in 1998.