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...private equity firm Rattner co-founded is the focus of pay-to-play accusations made by the New York State Attorney General and Securities and Exchange Commission. While Rattner has not been charged with anything, he was an executive at the firm during the time the alleged misdeeds took place and reportedly may have met with those accused of criminal activity. Details remain scant, but the case involves payments to people who helped make business connections between Rattner's firm and the New York State pension fund. The Obama Administration claims it was aware of the pending investigation when...
...Born on Long Island, Rattner graduated from Brown University in 1974 and worked as an assistant to James Reston, the legendary New York Times columnist. Soon, Rattner was himself a full-fledged Times reporter on the energy beat. He also became close friends with Arthur Sulzberger, whose family controlled the New York Times and who worked as a reporter in the papers' Washington bureau at the same time as Rattner...
...ever to have an interest in serving your country in the area of economic policy, this was the moment." - on why he wanted to join the Obama Administration under the current economic conditions, (New York Times, April...
...superstar." - Orin Kramer, an Obama fundraiser and hedge fund manager, on Rattner, New York Times, April...
...Rattner] has the advantage of being an active and willing social climber but not being sleazy. He is very smooth." - Michael Wolff, in an excerpt from his book Autumn of the Moguls, ( New York...