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{{Infobox person
| name = Steven A. Kandarian
| birth_name = Steven Albert Kandarian
| birth_place = [[West Hartford, Connecticut]], US
| occupation = [[President (corporate title)|President]], [[Chairman]], and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]], [[MetLife]]
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| residence = [[New Jersey]], US
| alma_mater=[[Clark University]]<br>[[Georgetown University]]<br>[[Harvard Business School|Harvard University]]
| net worth = $13.7 million USD (2012)
}}
'''Steven A. Kandarian''' is the president, chairman, and [[chief executive officer]] of [[MetLife]]. He became president and CEO on May 1, 2011,<ref>{{cite web|title=MetLife picks investment chief to become new CEO|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/MetLife-picks-investment-apf-4114841059.html?x=0&.v=1|publisher=AP|accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref> and chairman in January 2012<ref>{{cite web|title=People: Metlife Inc (MET) - Kandarian, Steven|url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=MET&officerId=614452|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=26 September 2012}}</ref> succeeding [[Robert Henrikson]], who retired from those roles.

==Life and career==
Kandarian grew up in West Hartford, [[Connecticut]], the son of Lillian and Albert Kandarian. He graduated from [[William H. Hall High School]] and held several roles in private equity, including as founder and managing partner of Orion Partners, LP and executive director of the [[Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=MetLife's Next CEO Can Trace The Beginning Of His Career Back To Childhood In West Hartford|url=http://blogs.courant.com/connecticut_insurance/2011/03/metlifes-next-ceo-can-trace-th.html|publisher=Hartford Courant|accessdate=2011-07-14|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120707012532/http://blogs.courant.com/connecticut_insurance/2011/03/metlifes-next-ceo-can-trace-th.html|archivedate=2012-07-07|df=}}</ref> He is a board member of the [[Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation]] and a member of the [[Financial Services Forum]] and the [[Economic Club of New York]]. He received a B.A. from [[Clark University]], a J.D. from [[Georgetown University Law Center]], and a M.B.A. from [[Harvard Business School]].

===MetLife===
Prior to becoming CEO, Kandarian was MetLife's [[chief investment officer]] since April 2005. As CIO, Kandarian oversaw a number of initiatives that strengthened MetLife's investment portfolio, enhanced the company's focus on effective risk management and contributed to the bottom line. [http://www.metlife.com/about/corporate-profile/corporate-governance/executive-officers/steven-a-kandarian.html] He is credited with preparing MetLife's portfolio prior to the 2007 recession, partly by anticipating the housing bubble and selling [[Stuyvesant Town—Peter Cooper Village]] in Manhattan in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=MetLife Names $450 Billion Portfolio Manager Kandarian as Insurer's Chief
|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-21/metlife-board-names-kandarian-to-replace-henrikson-at-helm-of-u-s-insurer.html|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=2011-07-14|first=Andrew|last=Frye|date=2011-03-21}}</ref>

In his first three months as CEO, Kandarian expanded the company's senior leadership team with the hiring of Frans Hijkoop to head human resources <ref>{{cite news|title=HR moves: RSA, Herbert Smith, MetLife|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/inside-hr/8722475/HR-moves-RSA-Herbert-Smith-MetLife.html|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|accessdate=2011-09-21|location=London|first=Louisa|last=Peacock|date=2011-08-25}}</ref> and Martin Lippert to oversee global technology.<ref>{{cite web|title=MetLife Announces Head of Global Technology|url=http://www.insurancenetworking.com/vwc/metlife_insurance_technology_martin_lippert_citigroup_steven_kandarian-28659-1.html|publisher=Insurance Networking News|accessdate=2011-09-21}}</ref> He also announced MetLife's 25-year agreement to acquire the naming rights to the home of the [[New York Giants]] and [[New York Jets]],<ref>{{cite web|title=MetLife has naming rights to Meadowlands Stadium|url=http://nytimes.stats.com/fb/story.asp?i=20110823130445087320808&ref=rec&tm=20&src=NFL|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=2011-09-21}}</ref> which is now known as [[MetLife Stadium]].

In addition, Kandarian has also moved the company away from retail banking. On July 21, 2011, MetLife said the company would seek to sell its deposit banking business.<ref>{{cite news|title=UPDATE 5-MetLife puts banking operations up for sale|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/21/metlife-idUSN1E76K08720110721?feedType=RSS&feedName=governmentFilingsNews&rpc=43|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=2011-10-13|first=Ben|last=Berkowitz|date=2011-07-21}}</ref> In announcing the move, Kandarian said it "was not appropriate for the overwhelming majority of our business to be governed by regulations written for banking institutions."[http://www.metlife.com/about/press-room/index.html] Three months later, MetLife said it would look to sell its residential mortgage lending business as well, saying the marketplace and regulatory environment for the business was uncertain and that the company needed to focus its resources on its global insurance and employee benefits businesses.<ref>{{cite news|title=MetLife May Sell Mortgage Business to Focus on Insurance|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-12/metlife-may-sell-mortgage-business-in-life-insurer-s-retreat-from-banking.html|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=2011-10-13|first=Andrew|last=Frye|date=2011-10-12}}</ref>

===Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation===
Kandarian is a former [[executive director]] of the [[Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation]][http://www.pbgc.gov], an agency of the [[United States Government]]. Kandarian was appointed to head the PBGC on Dec. 2, 2001, by Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, announcing his departure in January 7, 2004 to return to his family in Boston. [https://web.archive.org/web/20061221215654/http://www.pbgc.gov/media/news-archive/2004/pr04-19.html] He left on February 13, 2004.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090506005755/http://pbgc.gov/about/ped.html]

=== Protests ===

In May 2016, Kandarian became the target of protests by animal rights activists angered at MetLife's partnership with the New York Blood Center (NYBC), which abandoned 66 lab chimpanzees with no food and water on islands in Liberia. The chimpanzees, who were used by NYBC in invasive medical experiments for over the course of three decades, have earned the organization an estimated $500 million in royalties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/science/chimpanzees-liberia-new-york-blood-center.html?_r=0|title=Chimpanzees in Liberia, Used in New York Blood Center Research, Face Uncertain Future|publisher=}}</ref> The protests, which have taken place at Kandarian's home in Summit, NJ, and at the MetLife building in NYC, were staged after activists' year-long attempts to meet with Kandarian and MetLife were rebuffed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/summit/articles/animal-rights-group-protests-outside-of-metlife-c|title=Animal Rights Group Protests Outside of MetLife CEO's Residence in Summit|publisher=}}</ref> World renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall has dismissed NYBC's claim that the Liberian government should pay for the care of the chimps: "This seems irrelevant since NYBC was responsible for funding the acquisition of these chimpanzees, some of whom were taken from the wild after shooting their mothers".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.janegoodall.org/2015/07/21/dr-goodalls-statement-on-abandoned-new-york-blood-center-chimps/|title=Dr. Goodall's Statement on Abandoned New York Blood Center Chimps - Jane Goodall's Good for All News|date=21 July 2015|publisher=}}</ref>
[[File:Kandarian-protest-MetLife-Group-1024x658.jpg|thumb|Animal rights activists stage a demonstration at Kandarian's house on behalf of 66 Chimpanzees abandoned by the New York Blood Center.]] [[File:Kandarian.jpg|thumb|Animal rights activists march through Kandarian's home suburb of Summit, NJ.]]

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