Henry Paulson

Henry "Hank" Merritt Paulson, Jr. (born 28 March 1946) is an American banker who served as the 74th Secretary of the Treasury during the final two years of George W. Bush's presidency. Prior to his role in the U.S. Treasury, he was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Goldman Sachs. He is now a fellow at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and the chairman of the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago, which he founded in 2011 to promote sustainable economic growth an