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04/02/2008
Pete Peterson
A conversation with Pete Peterson
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An hour with Pete Peterson, co-founder and senior chairman of The Blackstone Group. Peterson will give $1 billion to his new foundation, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, to help solve some of the country's biggest economic problems. He discusses how he sees the current economic crisis, sovereign wealth funds, and his relationship with Blackstone co-founder and CEO, Steve Schwarzman.
Peter Peterson
Peter George Peterson is an American businessman, investment banker, fiscal conservative, author, and politician whose most prominent political position was as United States Secretary of Commerce. He is Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Senior Chairman of the private equity firm, the Blackstone Group. In 1969, he was invited to chair a Commission on Foundations and Private Philanthropy, which became known as the Peterson Commission.
Peterson is a co-founder of the prominent private equity and investment management firm, the Blackstone Group and was a co-founder of the Concord Coalition. He was named as a member of the Bi-Partisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform and also serves as Co-Chair of The Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprises.
He is founding Chairman of the Peterson Institute (formerly the Institute for International Economics), renamed in his honor, and a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development.
Source-Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_George_Peterson_(USSecCommerce)
Peter George Peterson is an American businessman, investment banker, fiscal conservative, author, and politician whose most prominent political position was as United States Secretary of Commerce. He is Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Senior Chairman of the private equity firm, the Blackstone Group. In 1969, he was invited to chair a Commission on Foundations and Private Philanthropy, which became known as the Peterson Commission.
Peterson is a co-founder of the prominent private equity and investment management firm, the Blackstone Group and was a co-founder of the Concord Coalition. He was named as a member of the Bi-Partisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform and also serves as Co-Chair of The Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprises.
He is founding Chairman of the Peterson Institute (formerly the Institute for International Economics), renamed in his honor, and a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development.
Source-Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_George_Peterson_(USSecCommerce)
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