Jon Corzine, Democrat

Current office: Governor

Birth place: Willey's Station, IL (01/01/1947)
Home city: Hoboken, NJ

Education: Masters, Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1973 BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1969.

Profession: Chair/Chief Executive Officer, Goldman Sachs and Company and Affiliated Entities, 1994-1999 General Partner, Goldman Sachs and Company and Affiliated Entities, 1980-1994 Trader, Goldman Sachs and Company and Affiliated Entities, 1975-1980 Employee, Bank Ohio, 1973-1975 Sergeant, United States Marine Corps Reserves, 1969-1975 Portfolio Analyst, Continental Illinois National Bank.

Political: Governor, State of New Jersey, 2006-present Senator, United States Senate, 2000-2006.

Membership: Co-Chair, President Clinton's Commission on Capital Budgeting, 1997-1999 Member, Democratic Policy Committee. Member, New York University Child Study Center Board of Trustees, 1997-present Member, University of Chicago Board of Trustees, 1996-present Member, New Jersey Performing Arts Center Board of Trustees, 1994-present Member, New York City Partnership Board, 1997-1999 Member, International Capital Markets Advisory Committee, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1989-1999 Chair/Member of the Board of Trustees, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Member, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees Member, New Jersey Performing Arts Center Board of Trustees.

First elected: 2005

Family: Divorced; 3 Children: Jennifer, Joshua, Jeffrey.


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