Arthur Levitt
Arthur Levitt | |
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Arthur Levitt at Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012 | |
| 25th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission | |
| In office July 27, 1993 – February 9, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Richard C. Breeden |
| Succeeded by | Harvey Pitt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur Levitt Jr. February 3, 1931 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Marylin Blauner |
| Relations | Arthur Levitt Sr. (father) |
| Alma mater | Williams College (B.A.) |
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Arthur Levitt Jr. (born February 3, 1931) is the former chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He served from 1993 to 2001 as the twenty-fifth and longest-serving chairman of the commission. Widely hailed as a champion of the individual investor, he has been criticized for not pushing for tougher accounting rules. Since May 2001 he has been employed as a senior adviser at the Carlyle Group. Levitt previously served as a policy advisor to Goldman Sachs and is a Director of Bloomberg LP, parent of Bloomberg News.