Peter G. Peterson

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United States Secretary of Commerce businessperson human investment banker philanthropist

Peter G. Peterson was an American businessman, investment banker, and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce best known as a co-founder of the private equity firm Blackstone and a prominent advocate for fiscal responsibility.

Aliases (1)

Peter George Peterson ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of Commerce → businessperson → human → investment banker → philanthropist →
appointedBy	Richard Nixon →
boardMemberOf	Council on Foreign Relations → Federal Reserve Bank of New York →
causeAdvocated	long-term fiscal sustainability → reduction of U.S. federal budget deficits → reform of entitlement programs →
coFounderOf	The Blackstone Group →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1926-06-05 →
dateOfDeath	2018-03-20 →
degree	Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University → MBA from University of Chicago →
educatedAt	Northwestern University → University of Chicago Booth School of Business →
employer	Kuhn, Loeb & Co. → Lehman Brothers → The Blackstone Group →
endTime	1973-02-01 →
familyName	Peterson →
founded	Peter G. Peterson Foundation →
fullName	Peter George Peterson →
givenName	Peter →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Council on Foreign Relations →
notableFor	advocacy of fiscal responsibility in U.S. federal budget policy → co-founding private equity firm Blackstone → philanthropy focused on U.S. fiscal issues →
numberOfChildren	5 →
occupation	author → businessman → government official → investment banker →
officeContested	United States Secretary of Commerce →
placeOfBirth	Kearney, Nebraska, United States →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States →
politicalAlignment	fiscal conservative →
positionHeld	Chairman of Lehman Brothers → Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations → United States Secretary of Commerce →
residence	New York City, New York, United States →
spouse	Joan Ganz Cooney → Patricia Skoglund → Sally Peterson →
startTime	1972-02-29 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blackstone Inc. →	foundedBy
Blackstone Inc. →	founder
Peter G. Peterson ("Peter George Peterson") →	fullName
Peterson Institute for International Economics →	namedAfter