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Peter George Peterson (June 5, 1926 – March 20, 2018) was an American investment banker who served as United States Secretary of Commerce from February 29, 1972, to February 1, 1973, under the Richard Nixon administration. [1] [2] [3] Peterson was also chairman and CEO of Bell & Howell from 1963 to 1971. [4]
Discover how the Peter G. Peterson Foundation is working to find fiscal solutions to help secure our country’s economic growth.
Mar 20, 2018 · Peter G. Peterson, the billionaire financier and philanthropist who combined a spectacular career in industry and Wall Street with public policymaking and dogged advocacy of government...
Mar 20, 2018 · NEW YORK (AP) — Peter G. Peterson, a billionaire and business executive who became one of the most prominent voices to argue for entitlement reform and reducing the U.S. national debt, died of natural causes early Tuesday, his family said. He was 91.
NYT: “Peter G. Peterson, a Power From Wall St. to Washington, Dies at 91” "Financier and philanthropist who combined a spectacular career in industry and Wall Street with public policymaking and dogged advocacy of government fiscal prudence."
Pete was chairman emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, founding chairman of the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC, and founding president of The Concord Coalition. Along with former U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow, he co-chaired the Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise.
Mar 20, 2018 · Peter G. Peterson, a self-made billionaire financier who was briefly commerce secretary under President Richard Nixon and was a longtime fiscal Paul Revere, spending much of his fortune to...
Founded by Pete Peterson and led by Chairman and CEO Michael Peterson, the Foundation works with leading policy experts, elected officials, and the public to build support for solutions to put America on a sustainable fiscal path.
Jun 20, 2009 · Peter G. Peterson tells how he became an advertising executive, manufacturing mogul, Wall Street financier, the secretary of commerce and a self-made billionaire.
Mar 20, 2018 · Peter G. Peterson – the billionaire co-founder of asset management giant Blackstone Group and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce– died at age 91 on Tuesday, March 20.
