【Speaker】Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Former U.S. Treasury Secretary

【Topic】Leadership on the Brink

【Time】15:30-16:30,2010-04-07

【Venue】Auditorium, Weilun Building, Tsinghua SEM

【Language】English

【Organizer】Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management

【Ticket information】Tickets can be obtained on a first-come-first-served basis at Room 258, Weilun Building, 8:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00,March 30 to April 2.

Background Information

Henry M. Paulson, Jr. served under President George W. Bush as the 74th Secretary of the Treasury from June 2006 until January 2009. As Treasury Secretary, Paulson was the President's leading policy advisor on a broad range of domestic and international economic issues.

Before going to the Treasury Department, Paulson had a thirty-two year career at Goldman Sachs serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since the firm’s initial public offering in 1999. He is also 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 was Co-Chairman of its Asia/Pacific Council.

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Paulson was a member of the White House Domestic Council, serving as Staff Assistant to the President from 1972 to 1973, and as Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon from 1970 to 1972.

Paulson graduated from Dartmouth in 1968, where he majored in English, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and an All Ivy, All East football player. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1970.

This event is open to all the faculty members and students of Tsinghua University.