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Revision as of 20:48, 9 June 2006 by 80.41.104.0 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Felix G. Rohatyn (born May 29, 1928 in Vienna, Austria) is a Jewish-American businessman and investment banker with a long and distinguished career in public service. He is married to Elizabeth Fly Rohatyn and has three children.
Career in finance
Rohatyn's family lived in France from 1934 to 1942. They fled the Nazi occupation, escaping the country with forged papers. He is alive today because a guard chose to light his cigarette and wave his family on rather than scrutinize their paperwork.
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. Rohatyn became widely known in the 1970s for successfully restructuring New York City's debt and resolving the city's fiscal crisis.
Diplomacy and foreign policy credentials
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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