SAJAforum coverage of Neel Kashkari, the new bailout boss:
Oct. 13: His first speech
Oct. 9: His first quotes
Oct. 7: Profile
Oct. 6: His nomination
Sept. 25: The post below
Listen to a discussion about him and the rest of the economic meltdown here.
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, 10:02 pm ET: The front page of NYTimes.com shows one of the most influential South Asian in America at this moment. In the purple tie, two over from Secretary Paulson is Neel Kashkari, a Special Advisor to the Secretary (he's at the Assistant Secretary level and was nominated by President Bush in November 2007). They both worked at Goldman Sachs.
From his official bio at the Treasury Department:
Neel Kashkari is Senior Advisor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. He provides counsel to the Secretary on key policy matters.
Prior to joining the Treasury Department, Mr. Kashkari was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in San Francisco, where he led Goldman's IT Security Investment Banking practice, advising public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions and financial transactions. Prior to his career in finance, Mr. Kashkari was a R&D Principal Investigator at TRW in Redondo Beach, California where he developed technology for NASA space science missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope.
Originally from Stow, Ohio, Mr. Kashkari graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor’s and Master's degree in Engineering. He also received an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School. Mr. Kashkari and his wife Minal maintain residences in Maryland and California.
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[UPDATE: See SAJAforum posting on Oct. 6, 2008, about Kashkari's appointment as interim head of $700 billion bailout. Listen to a discussion about him here.]
