Gary Gensler

Gary Gensler is an American government official and former Goldman Sachs investment banker serving as the chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Gensler previously led the Biden-Harris transition’s Federal Reserve, Banking, and Securities Regulators agency review team. Prior to his appointment, he was professor of Practice of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Gensler served as the 11th chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), under President Barack Obama, from May 26, 2009, to January 3, 2014. He was the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance (1999–2001), and the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets (1997–1999). Prior to his career in the federal government, Gensler worked at Goldman Sachs, where he was a partner and co-head of finance. Gensler also served as the CFO for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign. President Joe Biden nominated Gensler to serve as 33rd chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. He succeeded SEC Acting Chair Allison Lee.