Reuben Jeffery III
| Reuben Jeffery III | |
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| Born |
August 21, 1953 Wilmington, Delaware |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A. in Political Science 1975 M.B.A. 1981 J.D. 1981 |
| Alma mater |
Yale University Stanford Graduate School of Business Stanford Law School |
| Employer | United States Department of State |
| Known for | Diplomat |
| Title | Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs |
| Term | June 27, 2007 — January 20, 2009 |
| Predecessor | Josette Sheeran |
| Successor | Robert D. Hormats |
| Website | http://www.state.gov/e/ |
Reuben Jeffery III (born August 21, 1953) is the former United States Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, having been appointed to that position by United States President George W. Bush in June 2007. Presently, Reuben Jeffery III is the President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of Rockefeller & Co. and Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc. He is a member of the International Advisory Committee of J. Rothschild Capital Management Limited.
Reuben Jeffery III was born on August 21, 1953.
Jeffery attended Yale University, receiving a B.A. in Political Science in 1975. Upon graduation, he joined the management program at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York City. He then moved to Stanford University, where he received both an M.B.A. and a J.D. in 1981 (as part of the joint program between the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Law School).
Jeffery initially accepted an offer from Davis Polk & Wardwell, before moving on to Goldman Sachs in 1983. He became Managing Partner of Goldman Sachs's European Financial Institutions Group in London in 1992, and then Managing Partner of the Goldman Sachs Paris office in 1997.
Jeffery supported the candidacy of George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election. In the wake of 9/11, President Bush appointed Jeffery as his Special Advisor on Lower Manhattan Development, and in 2002, Jeffery left Goldman Sachs to take on this responsibility. In 2003, Jeffery became a Special Advisor to L. Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and then became the Representative and Executive Director of the Coalition Provisional Authority Office in The Pentagon.
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