My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was an international tax specialist. Yeah, I was an international man of mystery and tax specialist.
I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense.
I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.
I had a 20-year, stellar government career.
After serving in the Korean War, I actually started working towards a master's degree in finance.
I was a Political Science major.
I worked in the Clinton administration.
I had a very good job in corporate America, but I quickly knew that was not how I was wired.
I'm a very practical, pragmatic capitalist. I was trained at Goldman Sachs. I went to Harvard Business School; I was as hard-nosed a capitalist as you get. I specialized in media, in investing in media companies, and it's a very, very tough environment.
I was in the trade field as White House fellow in the first Bush administration.