Steven Mnuchin godkänd som ny finansminister
Senaten godkände tidigt på tisdagsmorgonen svensk tid den förre Goldman Sachs-chefen Steven Mnuchin som ny finansminister, rapporterar Washington Post.
Demokraterna hade tidigare under måndagen ifrågasatt Mnuchins lämplighet för posten, eftersom han under sin tid som chef för banken One West beslagtog tiotusentals amerikaners hem i samband med finanskrisen. Kritikerna hävdade att Mnuchin som finansminister inte skulle representera den vanlige amerikanens intressen, skriver tidningen.
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Steven Mnuchin
Wikipedia (en)
Steven Terner "Steve" Mnuchin (/məˈnuːtʃɪn/ mə-NOO-chin; born December 21, 1962) is an American hedge fund manager. On November 30, 2016, it was announced that Mnuchin would be nominated as United States Secretary of the Treasury in the administration of President Donald Trump.
After he graduated from Yale University in 1985, Mnuchin worked for investment bank Goldman Sachs for 17 years, eventually becoming its Chief Information Officer. After he left Goldman Sachs in 2002, he worked for and founded several hedge funds. During the financial crisis of 2007–2008, Mnuchin bought failed residential lender IndyMac. He changed the name to OneWest Bank and rebuilt the bank, then sold it to CIT Group in 2015. Mnuchin joined Trump's presidential campaign in 2016, and was named national finance chairman for the campaign. On February 13, 2017, Mnuchin has been confirmed by a 53–47 vote in the U.S. Senate.
Mnuchin is estimated to have a net worth of as much as $500 million.
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