E*Trade Financial Corp.’s board dismissed Chief Executive Steven Freiberg and named its current chairman, brokerage industry veteran Frank Petrilli, to be the company’s interim CEO while it conducts a search for a successor.
The board’s decision to let Mr. Freiberg go came after it discussed his performance at a regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday that stretched late into the night, according to people familiar with the situation.
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