William M. Daley

William M. Daley
Official portrait, 2011
24th White House Chief of Staff
In office
January 13, 2011 – January 27, 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byPete Rouse (acting)
Succeeded byJack Lew
32nd United States Secretary of Commerce
In office
January 30, 1997 – July 19, 2000
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byMickey Kantor
Succeeded byNorman Mineta
Personal details
Born
William Michael Daley

(1948-08-08) August 8, 1948 (age 76)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBernadette Keller
Children4
RelativesDaley family
EducationLoyola University Chicago (BA)
John Marshall Law School (Chicago) (JD)

William Michael Daley (born August 8, 1948) is an American lawyer, politician and former banker who served as the 24th White House Chief of Staff from January 2011 to January 2012, under President Barack Obama.[1] Prior to this, he served as the 32nd U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000, under President Bill Clinton.[2]

He has also served on the executive committee of JPMorgan Chase & Co.[1] Daley was a candidate for Governor of Illinois in the 2014 gubernatorial election, until dropping out of the race on September 16, 2013. He ran in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election[3] but came in third in the first-round voting, and did not advance to the runoff. He served as the Vice Chairman of BNY Mellon from June through October 2019. From 2019 to 2023,[4][5] Daley served as the Vice Chairman of Public Affairs for Wells Fargo.[4][6]

  1. ^ a b "William Daley". CSIS.org. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "William M. Daley, The Chicago Community Trust". The Chicago Community Trust. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  3. ^ "Bill Daley on bid to replace Emanuel: 'To be mayor, that would be the greatest'". Chicago Sun-Times. September 17, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Wells Fargo Hires William Daley as Vice Chairman of Public Affairs". November 13, 2019.
  5. ^ "Wells Fargo Names William M. Daley Vice Chairman of Public Affairs". Business Wire. November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
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