A native of Baltimore, Md., Gensler earned his undergraduate degree in economics in 1978 and his MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in 1979. [71] On June 30, Robinhood Markets agreed to pay $70 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) that alleged that the company had misled its customers, approved ineligible and inexperienced traders for options strategies, and did not supervise its technology properly to prevent outages. Interestingly, Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is the daughter of Glenn Ellison. He was the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 - 2001. [210][211] On April 30, Musk filed an amicus brief along with Dallas Mavericks team owner Mark Cuban in support of a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court by a former chief financial officer at Xerox to review a 2003 settlement the Xerox CFO made with the SEC that includes a gag order that the plaintiff argues is in violation of his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Gensler was married to filmmaker and photo collagist Francesca Danieli from 1986 until her death from breast cancer in 2006. He joined Goldman Sachs, where he spent 18 years. [251], Gensler is Professor of the Practice of Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, co-director of MITs Fintech@CSAIL and senior adviser to the MIT Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative. I am very pleased to have my family here with me today: my wife, Francesca; my three daughters, Anna, Lee and Isabel; my parents, Sam and Jane Gensler; and my twin brother Robert. Gensler also served as the CFO for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign. "The proposal is contrary to SEC history, securities law, and sound regulatory practice", the paper wrote. [192][193] On March 22, the SEC filed a response to Musk's March 8 filing requesting that Judge Nathan deny Musk's motion, that its subpoenas were lawful, and disclosed that the agency was investigating Musk for his November 2021 tweet. On King's Holiday, Daughter Calls . 95. Gensler is a runner and has finished nine marathons and one 50-mile ultramarathon. by One Hun [Leather Bound] Nominations of Susan G. Esserman, Timothy F. Geithner, Gary S. Gensler, Edwin M. Truman, and David C. Williams : hearings before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate | Jan 1, 2018. Gensler's piece was apparent face-saving from a blistering takedown of his "cryptocurrency confusion" by law professor J.W. [104] On April 15, Apple Inc. announced the creation of $200 million forestry fund as part of the company's strategy to become carbon neutral by 2030. "Before I close, I do want to introduce and thank my three daughters, Isabelle, who . . Gary Gensler is among those changing that. [161] On June 27, DWAC disclosed that the SEC issued an additional subpoena as well as an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department. [30] Libor is the average interest rate estimated by leading banks in London that the average leading bank would be charged if borrowing from other banks. Gensler has three daughters, Anna 21, Lee 20, and Isabel 14, and currently lives in Baltimore, MD. The Editorial Board (2022) "Gary Gensler Stages a Climate Coup", Wall Street Journal, March 21. [22] After some initial opposition to Gensler's nomination amongst the progressive members of the Democratic caucus, Gensler was approved by the U.S. Senate in an 886 confirmation vote. [66][67][68] On June 9, Gensler announced that the SEC would review market structure following the GameStop short squeeze and the AMC Entertainment Holding, Inc. meme stock short squeeze,[69] and Gensler signaled in an interview with Barron's the following August that a complete ban on payment for order flow was being considered by the review. [227][228], On July 8, Musk filed a letter with the SEC sent to Twitter executives notifying them that he intended to terminate his acquisition proposal of the company, to which Twitter Board Chairman Bret Taylor posted a tweet stating that the company would continue to attempt to close the transaction and that it would pursue legal action to enforce the merger. [129][130][131] On June 30, the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. EPA (2022) that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did not have the authority under the Clean Air Act to devise a broad cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions by power plants that the agency attempted to promulgate under the Clean Power Plan and instead that the authority to do so rests with the U.S. At the CFTC, Gensler led an overhaul of regulations involving over-the-counter derivatives, which were widely blamed for exacerbating the 2008 financial crisis. [11], In 2001, Gensler joined the staff of U.S. He's on . [36], In November 2020, Gensler was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the Federal Reserve, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. [232][233] On July 15, Musk filed a motion requesting that the court not grant Twitter's request for a speedy trial,[234][235] while Twitter submitted an amended proxy statement with the SEC that urged company shareholders to approve the acquisition agreement. He advises both the Media Lab's Digital Currency Initiative and the Ethics and Governance of AI project. [250] In May 2015, Gensler was named chief financial officer of Clinton's campaign for president. [58] At a conference hosted by The Wall Street Journal on June 14, Gensler expressed concern that the Lummis-Gillibrand bill could inadvertently undermine stock market and mutual fund protections, noted that cryptocurrency companies were already engaging in behaviors overseen by the SEC, and argued that some digital assets are securities necessitating oversight from the SEC rather than commodities (even if the overwhelming majority of tokens offered by cryptocurrency exchanges are commodities). WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Gary Gensler is the kind of regulator who gets things done. Rachana Shanbhogue (2021) "A three-way fight to shape the future of digital finance has begun". [141][142][143] Also in October 2021, eight whistleblower complaints alleging securities fraud by Facebook, Inc. were filed anonymously with the SEC by Whistleblower Aid on behalf of former company employee Frances Haugen after Haugen leaked thousands of company documents to The Wall Street Journal the previous month. [14], Then-President-elect Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Gensler to serve as the 11th chairman of the CFTC on December 18, 2008. [9] Gensler's identical twin brother also studied at the University of Pennsylvania. WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the . Video interview with David Ignatius. [8] Under Gensler, the bipartisan commission reached unanimous votes to approve more than 70percent of the agency's rulemakings. Gary Gensler's controversial tenure as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission could reach peak drama over a 45-minute Zoom call with Sam Bankman-Fried, the former crypto wunderkind. He warned of the . [32], For his work to reform the financial regulatory system, The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard awarded Gensler with the 2014 Tamar Frankel Fiduciary Prize. Gary Gensler is an investor, public official, and Democratic Party activist nominated to serve as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by President Joe Biden. [126] After noting that his company had launched a division to commercialize carbon capture in testimony before the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee on October 28, 2021,[127][128] ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods discussed in an interview with CNBC journalist David Faber on June 24 that part of ExxonMobil's long-term strategy to remain a profitable company while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and plastic pollution was to invest in carbon capture and storage technology with a network hub in Houston and to remain a plastics producer while making improvements to waste management. [132][133][134], On March 2, 2021, Rocket Mortgage saw a more than 70 percent spike in its stock price during the GameStop short squeeze due to a surge in trading following discussion of the company on r/wallstreetbets,[135][136] but the Rocket Mortgage stock price reverted back to its pre-surge level the next day. He was an undersecretary of domestic finance and assistant secretary of . 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He earned both a BA and MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. [4] President Joe Biden nominated Gensler to serve as 33rd chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. SEC chair Gary Gensler 'is in a corner' as Congress demands to know how his agency MISSED signs that FTX was about to collapse - despite 45-minute Zoom call with Sam Bankman-Fried where they . In fact, the SEC chair gave a course on 'Blockchain And Money', which explores potential use of blockchain technology. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton to be the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets. [218][219], On the same day, Twitter submitted a new filing with the SEC that stated that Musk had met with Twitter executives for three days before he announced his acquisition proposal. He is also Chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee Gensler's role as a professor at MIT is widely known. . [123][124], On May 25, the SEC proposed two rules changes to ESG investment fund qualifications to prevent greenwashing marketing practices and to increase disclosure requirements for achieving ESG impacts. Gensler has served in various governmental roles since the 1990s. He and Francesca got married in 1986. Department staff [225][226] On July 1, an investment management group affiliated with the pension funds of Strategic Organizing Center labor unions wrote a letter to the SEC requesting that the agency investigate Tesla for violating the terms of the October 2018 settlement with the agency after the company disclosed in its annual proxy statement (filed with the SEC the previous month) that Oracle Corporation CEO Larry Ellison did not intend to stand for re-election as company chairman and that the company did not intend to replace his seat on the board (thereby reducing its size). During his time at MIT, Gensler worked closely with Glenn Ellison. [243][244] On July 26, Twitter disclosed in filing with the SEC that the company had scheduled a shareholder meeting on September 13, 2022, to vote on the acquisition agreement. . [79], On January 27, 2022, Southern Florida U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga dismissed a lawsuit filed by investors against Robinhood Markets for acting negligently during the GameStop short squeeze. Gary Gensler's ex-wife is non-other than Francesca Danieli, a filmmaker and photo collagist by profession. Gary Gensler, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has three daughters. 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