Joe Wright (businessman)

Joe Wright
27th Director of the Office of Management and Budget
In office
October 16, 1988 – January 20, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
DeputyJohn F. Cogan
Preceded byJim Miller
Succeeded byDick Darman
Personal details
Born
Joseph Robert Wright Jr.

1938 (age 85–86)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseEllen Wright
EducationColorado School of Mines (BS)
Yale University (MS)
WebsiteOfficial website

Joseph "Joe" Wright[1] (born 1938) is an American businessman. From 1988 to 1989, he worked in the United States government as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for president Ronald Reagan.

Wright currently is Chairman of Chart National's advisory board,[1] Chairman of the Investment Committees of ClearSky Power and Technology Fund, LLC, ClearSky Security Fund, ClearSky Surry Capital, LLC, Altamira Technologies, SNA, and Sequoia Solutions. He sits on the Board of Systems Control. He is also Executive Partner to Comvest Partners[2] and The Council of Chief Executives. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Economic Club of New York, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and Reagan Alumni Board.[3]

Previously, he was a member of the Board of Cowen Inc., EBIX, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Chairman of Intelsat, CEO of PanAmSat,[4] Chairman of FedData, Chairman of GRC International, Executive Chairman of MTN Satellite Communications,[5] CEO of Scientific Games, Co-chairman of Baker & Taylor, Vice Chairman and Director of W. R. Grace, Chairman of Grace Energy Company, President of Grace Environmental Company, Senior Advisor to Providence Equity, Vice Chairman of Terremark, President of two Citibank subsidiaries, Vice President and Partner of Booz, Allen and Hamilton, in addition to executive positions in several other smaller companies. He also previously was a Director of Travelers, Harcourt Brace Janovich, Kroll, Priority Holdings, Titan, Terremark Worldwide, Proxim, RealMed, Federal Signal, Education Management Corporation (EDMC), Hampton University, AT&T Government Markets, and others.

  1. ^ a b "Joseph R Wright "Joe"". Bloomberg News. June 21, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Former Intelsat Chairman and CEO of Scientific Games, Joe Wright, Joins Comvest's Strategic Advisory Board". Comvest.com. April 6, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Wright, Joe (June 10, 2021). "Joe Wright's Personal Website". Joe Wright. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "PanAmSat Names Joseph R. Wright, Jr. Chief Executive Officer". spaceref.com. August 14, 2001. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  5. ^ The Maritime Executive (January 10, 2011). "MTN Satellite Communications Appoints Joseph R. Wright as Chairman of the Board of Directors". Retrieved June 21, 2021.