ROBERT HORMATS
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Robert Hormats

Robert D. Hormats is Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs (International) and Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1982.

Robert Hormats served as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs from 1981 to 1982, Ambassador and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative from 1979 to 1981, and as Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs at the Department of State from 1977 to 1979. He served as a Senior Staff Member for International Economic Affairs on the National Security Council from 1969 to 1977 during which time he was Senior Economic Advisor to Dr. Henry Kissinger, General Brent Scowcroft and Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski. Mr. Hormats was a recipient of the French Legion of Honor in 1982 and Arthur Fleming Award in 1974.

Robert Hormats is a visiting lecturer at Princeton University and a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Engelhard Hanovia, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Visitors of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Dean?s Council of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of Toyota and the Advisory Boards of Foreign Policy and International Economics magazines. In 1993 President Clinton appointed him to the Board of The U.S.-Russia Investment Fund.

Mr. Hormats publications include: American Albatross: The Foreign Debt Dilemma and Reforming the International Monetary System. Other publications include articles in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, American Banker, and The Financial Times. He was also a visiting lecturer at Princeton University in 1983.

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01/06/2008

Description: How do I make the world a better place?

Transcript: The question I think people . . . The question people should be asking themselves is, “What am I doing to ensure that the world I leave behind, the country I leave behind, the society I leave behind is better than the one I found? How can I ensure that people who are coming after me have the same or better opportunities than I did? How can I demonstrate by the way I live my life that I have respect for the views of others, and I am willing to listen to others, and I have the . . . the integrity to accept good ideas from others even if their ideas didn’t conform to my preconceived notions?” Those are the kinds of things people should be asking themselves about the way they live their lives. If you . . . If you are willing to live your life in a way so that when people look back on your life; or you look back on it yourself, you can say, “I did the best I could do to leave the world, or society, or my country better than I found it.”

Recorded On: 7/25/07

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