Arthur Levitt

Arthur Levitt (2012)

Arthur Levitt Jr. (* 3. February 1931 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American business leaders , entrepreneurs and politicians of the Democratic Party , which between 1993 and 2001 Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( Securities and Exchange Commission ) was.

Life

Levitt, whose father Arthur Levitt senior was New York State Comptroller from 1955 to 1978 and whose mother was an elementary school teacher, completed an undergraduate degree at Williams College after attending the Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School in Brooklyn , which he received in 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) completed. During his studies he became a member of the academic society Phi Beta Kappa .

After completing his military service in the US Air Force , Levitt held various positions in the private sector before he was chairman of the board of directors of the American Stock Exchange between 1978 and 1989 . In 1986 he became the owner of the Roll Call newspaper , which mainly deals with reporting on the US Congress . In 1989 he also acquired the culture magazine Stagebill , which was founded in 1924 .

Levitt, who was chairman of the board of directors of New York City Economic Development Corporation from 1989 to 1993 , was appointed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission by US President Bill Clinton on July 27, 1993, succeeding Richard C. Breeden Appointed SEC, the US banking regulator. He held this position until January 9, 2001 and was later replaced by Harvey Pitt .

Since leaving the government, Levitt has been a senior advisor to the private equity institute Carlyle Group since 2001 and was also a temporary member of the supervisory board of the news and information service provider Bloomberg LP , the media group Corporate Communications Broadcast Network (CCBN) and the investment company Neuberger Berman . He is also a member of the advisory board of M&T Bank , a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council and a trustee of the RAND Corporation think tank .

In 2003 Levitt was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Publications

• Take on the Street , 2012

Web links

• Arthur Levitt in nndb (English)
• Bibliography in the Open Library