Cornelius Vander Starr

Cornelius Vander Starr, known as Neil Starr, was an American businessman and founded the insurance and investment organization C.V. Starr & Co. in Shanghai, China. 1919 he opened a subsidiary which became insurance giant American International Group (AIG) and AIA Group. AIG was the first international finance and insurance company and he became an intelligence asset under the Roosevelt presidency (1933–1945).