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Gary Gensler

Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (since May 2009)

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At a Glance

  • Career History: Self-employed (since 2002); Undersecretary to the Treasury (1999 to 2001); Assistant secretary to the Treasury (1997 to 1999)
  • Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
  • Alma Mater: University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, B.S. (economics) 1978; M.B.A., 1979