- Roger Altman
Roger Altman is an
investment banker ,private equity investor and formerUnited States Deputy Treasury Secretary underBill Clinton .Career
Altman was a general partner of
Lehman Brothers from 1974 to 1977. [ http://www.portfolio.com/resources/executive-profiles/Roger-C-Altman-1328065 Portfolio.com - Executive Profiles] ] From 1977 to 1981 he served as the Assistant Secretary of theUnited States Department of the Treasury , during which time he helped oversee the then-troubled financial affairs ofChrysler .In 1981, he returned to Lehman Brothers, where he became the co-head of investment banking and served on the board of the company and the management committee.
In 1987, Altman joined the newly-formed
Blackstone Group as vice-chairman, head of itsmergers and acquisitions advisory business and a member of the investment committee.In 1993, Altman returned to Washington DC to serve as the Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury, before resigning in 1994 because of a record-keeping scandal. [ [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/resources/1999/whitewater/players.html?eref=sitesearch] CNN "Cast of Characters" 1999] ] [ [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/resources/infocus/whitewater/rtc.html] CNN T"he RTC Investigation" July 7, 1997]
In 1996 Altman co-founded
Evercore Partners , aprivate equity investment and boutique advisory company inNew York City , and currently serves as Chairman and Co-CEO.Altman was an advisor to
John Kerry during Kerry's2004 presidential campaign . [ [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Roger_C._Altman] SourceWatch encyclopedia of people "Roger C. Altman"]Education
Altman is a graduate of
The Roxbury Latin School ,Georgetown University and theUniversity of Chicago Graduate School of Business.References
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