Heidi Cruz

Heidi Cruz
Cruz in 2016
Born
Heidi Suzanne Nelson

(1972-08-07) August 7, 1972 (age 52)[1]
San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.
EducationClaremont McKenna College (BA)
Université libre de Bruxelles (MA)
Harvard University (MBA)
Occupations
  • Banker
  • financier
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
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(m. 2001)​
Children2

Heidi Suzanne Cruz (née Nelson; born August 7, 1972) is an American businesswoman. She has been a managing director[2][n 1] at Goldman Sachs since 2012.

Cruz completed her tertiary education at Claremont McKenna College, the Université libre de Bruxelles, and Harvard Business School. She was an economic policy adviser to George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign and subsequently held various positions in the Bush administration, including as an advisor to the Treasury Department and National Security Council. In 2005 she joined Goldman Sachs as a private wealth manager.

In 2001, she married future U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, with whom she has two daughters. In his 2016 presidential campaign, she took a leave of absence to work as his primary fundraiser and surrogate.

  1. ^ "THE DEFINITIVE, CATEGORICAL, ALPHABETICAL GUIDE TO OUR NEXT FIRST LADY ... OR MAN". Vanity Fair. May 22, 2015.
  2. ^ Sorkin, Andrew Ross (November 15, 2012). "Goldman Sachs Names 266 Managing Directors". New York Times Dealbook. Archived from the original on November 20, 2012.
  3. ^ Morell, Alex; Campbell, Dakin (November 4, 2019). "Goldman Sachs announced its new class of managing directors, and millennials dominated the list". Business Insider. Insider, Inc. The promotions, which are announced once every two years and among the most coveted on Wall Street, put recipients one step below partner at the prestigious investment-banking firm.


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