Timothy F. Geithner
Born in 1961
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Timothy F. Geithner served as the 75th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and previously as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
He played a central role in the government's response to the 2008 financial crisis.
Geithner grew up internationally, studied at Dartmouth and Johns Hopkins, and began his career at the Treasury Department.
Despite lacking formal economics training, he rose through the ranks to become a key figure in managing financial crises.
After leaving government, Geithner wrote Stress Test and became a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
He later joined private equity firm Warburg Pincus.
