Peter Peterson
Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group; Chairman Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations
Peter G. Peterson was an American entrepreneur, investment banker and politician. He served as United States Secretary of Commerce during the Nixon administration and was Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations Council on Foreign Relations until his retirement in 2007. Peter co-founded the Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, in 1985 and retired in 2008 as its Senior Chairman. He authored of the book Running On Empty: How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It. Peterson was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2000 to 2004 and is founding Chairman of the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics. He passed away in 2018.
Peterson talks about the American economy.
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Pete Peterson is the Senior Chairman of The Blackstone Group.
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4 min
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Pete Peterson is a clear example of realizing the American Dream.
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Sharing your life makes it a good life.
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Philanthropy is a redistribution of good luck.
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7 min
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The younger generation does not get the representation it deserves.
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Study hard and, with a bit of luck, you’ll do fine.
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After his baby sister died, the Peterson family was never the same.
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Debt, Peterson says, is a tricky thing. Eventually, you have to pay it back.
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The Blackstone co-founder wants to be spontaneously loved.
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When he got the chance to serve the government, Peterson couldn’t not take it.
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