Steven Rattner

This article is about the chairman and chief executive officer of Willett Advisors LLC and former U.S. Treasury auto industry advisor. For the former head of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, see Steven C. Rattner.

Steven Rattner
Born (1952-07-05) July 5, 1952 (age 72)
Great Neck, New York, U.S.
EducationBrown University (BA)
Occupations
  • Investor
  • commentator
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
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(m. 1986)​
Children4
WebsiteOfficial website

Steven Lawrence Rattner (born July 5, 1952) is an American investor, media commentator, and former journalist. He is currently chairman and chief executive officer of Willett Advisors, the private investment firm that manages billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's personal and philanthropic assets. He began his career as an economic reporter for The New York Times before moving to a career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, and Lazard Freres & Co., where he rose to deputy chairman and deputy chief executive officer.[1] He then became a managing principal of the Quadrangle Group, a private equity investment firm that specialized in the media and communications industries.

In 2009, Rattner was named lead adviser to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry.[2] He has also been an economic analyst for MSNBC's Morning Joe, and as a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times op-ed page.

  1. ^ "Lazard Names New Top Team Post-Rohatyn" Archived November 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine by Peter Truell, The New York Times, May 23, 1997.
  2. ^ "Rattner to Serve as Lead Adviser on Auto Bailout" Archived February 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine by Michael J. de la Merced and Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times "DealBook", February 23, 2009.