Richard D. Parsons, whose humane approach to business made him a serial troubleshooter at distressed companies including Time Warner, CBS and Citigroup and a sought-after adviser at the highest echelons of American industry,

Richard Parsons built a reputation for steering big companies through tough times. Richard Parsons, one of corporate America’s most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup,

Richard “Dick” Parsons, the affable troubleshooter who helped some of the most beleaguered U.S. companies navigate the 1980s and 1990s savings-and-loan meltdown, the dot-com bust and the 2008-09 financial crisis,