Salim Ramji
Source: Vanguard Group Inc.
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One year and a lifetime ago, Salim Ramji left behind Hudson Yards, the blue-glass fantasy city on the Far West Side of Manhattan, and rolled into Pennsylvania in his 10-year-old SUV.
After topping out at BlackRock Inc., the world’s No. 1 asset-management company, Ramji was taking a new job at Vanguard Group Inc., the decidedly less-sexy No. 2.