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Peter Peterson

Peter Peterson

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Peter
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Dates
1926 - 2018

Peter Peterson, a far-reaching billionaire investor, co-founded Blackstone Group, the largest investment firm in the world. Peterson sat as Secretary of Commerce under the term of President Nixon and served as chair of the New York Federal Reserve Bank from 2000 to 2004. He made most of his estate at Blackstone and retired from the said firm when it went public.

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Academic History

He established the Peter G. Peterson Foundation to advance public awareness about the perils of excessive spending and high deficits.