Mr. Altman began his investment banking career at Lehman Brothers and became a general partner of that firm in 1974. Beginning in 1977, he served as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for four years. He then returned to Lehman Brothers, later becoming co-head of overall investment banking, a member of the firm’s Management Committee and its Board. He remained in those positions until the firm was sold to Shearson/American Express.
In 1987, Mr. Altman joined The Blackstone Group as Vice Chairman, head of the Firm’s merger and acquisition advisory business and a member of its Investment Committee. Mr. Altman also had primary responsibility for Blackstone’s international business.
Beginning in January 1993, Mr. Altman returned to Washington to serve as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for two years. In 1996, he formed Evercore Partners which has become the most active investment banking boutique in the world. To date, the Firm has handled over $700 billion of merger, acquisition, recapitalization and restructuring transactions. In its other role, Evercore also manages approximately $2.7 billion of private equity, venture capital, and public securities.
Mr. Altman is a Trustee of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, serving on its Investment Committee, and also is Vice Chairman of The Board of The American Museum of Natural History. He also is a Trustee of New Visions for Public Schools and is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations. He received an A.B. from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. « less
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Robert E Rubin
Former Treasury Secretary and senior advisor at Citigroup
Government Positions
Business Positions
Evercore Partners Inc
A leading independent investment banking advisory firm
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc
formerly the 4th largest investment bank in the...
Office/Staff
Ralph L Schlosstein
Business executive, Founder of BlackRock
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The Hamilton Project
Economic policy think tank founded by Robert Rubin and Roger...
Council on Foreign Relations
The most prestigious US foreign policy think tank
New Visions for Public Schools
NYC ed reform group
Conservation International
Nonprofit organization headquartered in the...
Education
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New Visions for Public Schools
NYC ed reform group
Brookings Institution
Major Washington think tank
Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
Chuck Schumer
US Representative and Senator from New York
Harry Reid
US Senator and Representative from Nevada
Chris Dodd
President & CEO of MPAA; former US Senator from CT
