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Felix G. Rohatyn (born May 29, 1928 in Vienna, Austria) is an American businessman and investment banker with a long career in politics. He is married to Elizabeth Fly Rohatyn and has three children. Critics consider Rohatyn part of an international finance-baker oligrach, given his long support for neoliberalism and US national security privatization.
Career in finance
Rohatyn's family lived in France from 1934 to 1942. They moved to the United States during the war.
He received his a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1949 following which he joined the New York office of the investment bank Lazard Frères under André Meyer. He was made partner in the firm in 1961 and later became Managing Director.
Diplomacy and foreign policy background
Rohatyn served as United States Ambassador to France from 1997 to 2000 during the second Clinton Administration and is a Commander in the French Legion of Honor. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
References
- Rohatyn talk on New York City fiscal issues at Columbia University
- Biography from Speakers Bureau
- State Dept Biog
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