Felix Rohatyn
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Felix G. Rohatyn (born May 29, 1928 in Vienna, Austria) is an American businessman and investment banker and has also served in public service. He is divorced from his first wife with whom he had three children, and has since become married to Elizabeth Fly Rohatyn.
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[edit] Career in finance
Rohatyn's family lived in France from 1934 to 1942. They fled the Nazi occupation because they were Jews, escaping the country with forged papers. He claims 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 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.
In 1990, he received The Hundred Year Association of New York's Gold Medal Award "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York."
On August 22, 2006, he was appointed by Lehman Brothers as a chairman of the international advisory committee and as a senior adviser to its chairman, Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Criticism
Rohatyn is the frequent target of LaRouche Movement attacks and exposing campaigns.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ LaRouche, Lyndon; Debra Freeman (2006-06-09). LaRouche June 9 Webcast: Felix Rohatyn and the Nazis. LaRouche Webcasts. LaRouche Publications. Retrieved on December 16, 2006.
- Rohatyn talk on New York City fiscal issues at Columbia University
- Biography from Speakers Bureau
- State Dept Biog
- Namebase Entry
| Preceded by Pamela Harriman |
U.S. Ambassador to France 1997–2000 |
Succeeded by Howard H. Leach |
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