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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Charles Schwab, a pioneer of the discount brokerage, has stepped down for the second time in less than six years as chief executive of the company that bears his name.

By Jonathan Spicer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Charles Schwab, a pioneer of the discount brokerage, has stepped down for the second time in less than six years as chief executive of the company that bears his name.
Schwab, 70, will remain executive chairman of Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW.O, ), which he launched in 1973. He will be replaced as CEO by Walter Bettinger, effective October 1, the company said on Tuesday.
Bettinger has been chief operating officer at the company -- which has a market cap of more than $26 billion -- since February 2007.
Schwab said in a statement: "I will continue to serve as a very active chairman and look forward to continuing the strong partnership that Walt and I have developed."
The move was long-anticipated but could weigh on investors' confidence in the firm, given the uneasy financial environment and the tumultuous circumstances the last time Schwab stepped down from the top post.
Schwab headed the company until 1998, when he became co-CEO with David Pottruck during the boom and bust of the dot-com era. In the midst of a decline, Schwab stepped down and Pottruck was named CEO in January 2003.
But that was short-lived.
The founder returned in July 2004 to re-inject confidence in the brokerage, which was seen as straying from the business model Schwab had established.

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