Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

Henry M. Paulson, Jr. served under President George W. Bush as the 74th Secretary of the U.S. Treasury from July 2006 until January 2009. As Treasury Secretary, he was the President's leading policy advisor on a broad range of domestic and international economic issues. Before going to the Treasury Department, he had a 32-year career at Goldman Sachs, serving as Chairman and CEO since the firm’s initial public offering in 1999. He is involved in a range of conservation and environmental initiatives having served as Chairman of The Peregrine Fund, Inc., Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Nature Conservancy and as Co-Chairman ofTNC’s Asia/Pacific Council. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, he was a member of the White House Domestic Council, serving as Staff Assistant to the President (1972-1973), and as Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon (1970-1972).

In 2011, he founded and currently serves as Chairman of the Paulson Institute located at the University of Chicago, which is dedicated to addressing issues of global scope with an initial emphasis on engagements designed to strengthen the crucially important relationship between the United States and China with a special focus on facilitating concrete actions by businesses and governments designed to promote cross border investment, sustainable economic growth, and a cleaner environment around the world. Married to Wendy, he has two children and four grandchildren.