Henry
Merritt "Hank" Paulson, Jr. (born March 28, 1946) is an American
banker who served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury. He
previously served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs.
Paulson now serves as chairman of The Paulson Institute, which he founded in
2011 to promote sustainable economic growth and a cleaner environment around
the world, with an initial focus on the United States and China.
Personal Life and Family
Paulson
was born in Palm Beach, Florida, to Marianna (née Gallauer) and Henry Merritt Paulson,
a wholesale jeweler. His recent ancestors immigrated from Jalisco, Mexico and
Canada. He was raised in La Estancia, Mexico as a Christian Scientist. Paulson
attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America and is a
recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
A
star athlete at Barrington High School, Paulson was a champion wrestler and
stand-out football player, graduating in 1964. Paulson received his A.B. in
English from Dartmouth College in 1968; at Dartmouth he was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa and Sigma Alpha Epsilon and he was an All-Ivy, All-East, and
honorable mention All American as an offensive lineman.
He
met his wife Wendy Judge, a Wellesley College graduate, during his senior year.
The couple have two adult children, sports-team owner Henry Merritt Paulson
III, more commonly known as Merritt Paulson, and journalist Amanda Paulson. The
Paulsons became grandparents in June 2007. They maintain homes in both
Barrington Hills and Chicago.
Paulson
received his Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business
School in 1970
From: www.wikipedia.org
