Robert Rubin is a senior counselor at Centerview Partners. He was previously a senior advisor and board member at Citigroup. From 1995 to 1999, Rubin was U.S. treasury secretary, after initially directing the Clinton White House National Economic Council. Beginning his career as an attorney, he worked at Goldman Sachs for 25 years, culminating as co-senior partner and co-chair. Rubin is a founder of the Hamilton Project, an economic policy project housed at the Brookings Institution, chairman emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, board vice chair of Mount Sinai Health System and chair of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. He is the author of “The Yellow Pad: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World” and “In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington.”
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