Roger Altman: Difference between revisions

| name = Roger Altman

| office = 5th [[United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury]]

| president = [[Bill Clinton]]

| term_start = January 20, 1993

| term_end = August 17, 1994

| predecessor = [[John E. Robson|John Robson]]

| successor = [[Frank N. Newman|Frank Newman]]

| birth_name = Roger Charles Altman

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|4|2}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Brookline, Massachusetts|Brookline]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S.}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]

'''Roger Charles Altman''' (born April 2, 1946)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEzWlAvDEf0C&q=%22Altman%2C+Roger+Charles%22&pg=PA9 |title=Encyclopedia of the Clinton Presidency |author=Peter B. Levy |year=2002 |page=9 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing |isbn=9780313312946 |access-date=2016-02-02}}</ref> is an American [[investment banker]], the founder and senior chairman of [[Evercore]], and a former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician. He served as [[United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury|

In 1995, instead of returning to Blackstone,<ref>''King of Capital'', pp. 121-23.</ref> he co-founded Evercore, an "independent [[investment banking]] advisory firm" in [[New York City]], and currently serves as its chairman. By 2014, Evercore was "a major player,"<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harrington |first1=Jeff|title=Roger Altman tells Tampa clients there's little to fear on the economic horizon |url=httphttps://www.tampabay.com/news/business/markets/roger-altman-tells-tampa-clients-theres-little-to-fear-on-the-economic/2202653/|work=Tampa Bay Times|date=October 17, 2014}}</ref> and its investment management arm had more than $14 billion in [[assets under management]], with its investment banking advisory arm boasting $1.5 trillion in "announced transactions."<ref>{{cite web|title=Overview: Evercore Partners |url=http://www.evercore.com/about|website=Evercore Partners|access-date=7 December 2014}}</ref> Evercore advised [[General Motors]] through its [[General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization|bankruptcy]], and was paid $46 million by GM pre-bankruptcy. However, when it asked for a $17.9 million "success fee," a U.S. bankruptcy trustee called the fees "staggering," "inordinately large," and "clearly [exceeding] the bounds of reasonableness" given that "Evercore had no success at finding a purchaser or funder for the Debtors."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dailybail.com/home/goldman-alum-roger-altman-steals-46-million-from-taxpayers-l.html |title=Goldman Alum Roger Altman STEALS $46 Million From Taxpayers, Lobbies To Replace Larry Summers & Complete Government Sachs Round Trip #2 - Home |newspaper=[[The Daily Bail]] |date=2010-11-19 |access-date=2016-02-02}}</ref>

Politically, Altman continued to stay in the loop. He advised two presidential candidates—[[John Kerry]] in 2004,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gongloff|first1=Mark|title=Kerry adviser a Whitewater casualty |work=CNN|date=3 March 2004 |url=https://money.cnn.com/2004/03/03/news/economy/altman/}}</ref> and [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/29/AR2006052901029.html |title=Clinton Is A Politician Not Easily Defined |worknewspaper=Washington Post |date=30 May 2006 |access-date=2010-05-09 |first=Dan |last=Balz}}</ref> In 2010, President [[Barack Obama]] interviewed him as a potential candidate to replace [[Larry Summers]] as his [[United States National Economic Council|National Economic Council]] director,<ref name=obama/> a job that ultimately went to [[Gene Sperling]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Lori Montgomery|title=Gene Sperling to replace Larry Summers as head of National Economic Council|worknewspaper=Washington Post|date=January 7, 2011 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010705451.html}}</ref>

Altman is listed as a member of the Steering Committee of The [[Bilderberg Group]], a controversial group of influential business and government leaders who meet annually behind closed doors to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. He participated in all their conferences between 2008 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/steering-committee.html |title=Steering Committee |publisher=Bilderberg Meetings |access-date=2016-02-02 |archive-date=2014-05-21 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140521120713/http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/steering-committee.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/15684752/Bilderberg-Meeting-2009-Greece-Complete-Members-List |title=Bilderberg Meeting 2009 Greece Complete Members List |publisher=Scribd.com |access-date=2010-05-09}}</ref>

His first marriage to Barbara ended in divorce, and he remarried at age 35 to journalist [[Jurate Kazickas]] in 1981. The Rev. James N. English of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in [[Washington, D.C.]] performed the marriage ceremony at the San Luis Rey Chapel at [[Cat Cay]] in the [[Bahamas]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/07/arts/jurate-kazickas-bride-of-roger-altman.html| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| title=Jurate Kazickas Bride of Roger Altman | date=7 December 1981}}</ref> They adoptedhave three children. In 1992, he collapsed while jogging in [[Central Park]] due to an [[irregular heartbeat]].<ref name=double/> His hobbies include jogging, skiing, [[fly-fishing]], and tennis.<ref name=green/>

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