Arthur Carter, Whose Firm Propelled Weill and Levitt, Dies at 93

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Arthur Carter, the investment banker turned publisher who co-founded the Wall Street firm that propelled the careers of former Citigroup Inc. chairman Sanford “Sandy” Weill and former US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt, has died. He was 93.

He died on Dec. 7 in a Manhattan hospital, the New York Times reported, citing his daughter, Mary Dixie Carter.