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SEC Chair Gary Gensler Announces Resignation Ahead Of Trump Inauguration
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler announced Thursday he will step down when President-elect Donald Trump assumes office on Jan. 20. In a press release posted by the SEC, Gensler lauded the…
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About Gary Gensler
Gary Scott Gensler is an American former government official and former investment banker who served as the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2021 to 2025. Gensler previously worked for Goldman Sachs and led the Biden–Harris transition's Federal Reserve, Banking, and Securities Regulators agency review team. Before his appointment, he was professor of Practice of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Everything about Gary Gensler →- Occupation
- politician, businessperson, civil servant, consultant
- Position held
- chairperson
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 18, 1957