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Harry J. Wilson ( born October 25, 1971 ) is a former investor and restructure expert [ 1 ] from the United States, who has served in several eminent positions in the Obama U.S. Treasury Department and on President Barack Obama ‘s Auto Industry Task Force. [ 2 ] Wilson filed for function on February 16, 2010, running unopposed for the Republican chief for New York State Comptroller. [ 3 ] He ran unsuccessfully against Thomas DiNapoli for Comptroller in the general election on November 2, 2010. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

early life and education [edit ]

Harry Wilson is the son of Jim and Niki Wilson. Jim was a house physician of Johnstown, New York, and Niki was born and raised in cardinal Greece before moving to Johnstown. They presently reside in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Jim was a bartender, and Niki was a housewife and late a sewing car operator. [ 2 ] Wilson graduated as valedictorian from Johnstown High School. [ 7 ] He obtained an AB with honors in government and an MBA from Harvard University, [ 8 ] where he was president of the Harvard Republican Club in 1991 ; in that character, Wilson was outspoken in his efforts to increase the club ‘s solicitation to women with a “ adult camp ” approach. [ 2 ]

business career [edit ]

Wilson has worked for Blackstone Group and Goldman Sachs. He late became a spouse at Silver Point Capital before his retirement at the age of 36. [ 2 ] He joined Yahoo ! ‘s board of directors in May 2012. [ 9 ]

Wilson is the chief executive officer of the MAEVA Group, an advisory firm he founded in White Plains, New York in 2011. [ 10 ] In March 2021 he was appointed CEO of Genesis HealthCare. [ 11 ]

Public career [edit ]

After a career as a money management executive, Wilson left the occupation populace to pursue jacob’s ladder work and public service at the age of 36. [ 2 ] He served on President Barack Obama ‘s car diligence crisis undertaking power. [ 1 ] [ 12 ] He took the put at the age of 37 with the Treasury Department in March, 2009 at the request of Steve Rattner, the lead adviser on the car industry crisis. [ 2 ] [ 13 ] Wilson led a humble group of people within the car undertaking pull known internally as the “ deals and application team ”, which did much of the analytic research that underpinned the job violence ‘s policy decisions, conducting interviews, touring car plants and poring over fiscal records. [ 2 ] Wilson testified at GM ‘s bankruptcy court hearings in the Southern District Bankruptcy Court of New York in July, 2009, noting that the politics intends to sell its shares in the bankrupt GM. [ 14 ] Wilson was besides one of four senior advisers for the U.S. Treasury Department under President Obama. [ 13 ] In 2009, Wilson was a member of Westchester County Executive-elect Rob Astorino ‘s passage team. [ 1 ] Wilson considered running for Governor in the 2018 New York gubernatorial race against incumbent Andrew Cuomo, and had vowed to spend $ 10 million of his own money on the campaign. [ 15 ] Though he was regarded as a favorite by some republican leaders, in December 2017 he announced his decisiveness not to run, as he did not want to spend the meter aside from his family. [ 16 ] [ 17 ]

New York State Comptroller race [edit ]

In the 2010 race for New York State Comptroller, Wilson announced he was running on February 16, 2010, for the Republican basal for New York State Comptroller. [ 3 ] He ran unopposed for the nomination, and ran against incumbent Thomas DiNapoli for Comptroller in the general election on November 2, 2010. Wilson garnered the endorsement of New York City ‘s three major casual newspapers – the New York Daily News, New York Post, and New York Times – considered a major accomplishment given the three newspapers ‘ differing political ethoses. [ 18 ] It was the beginning time since 1976 that a rival had accomplished sweeping all three endorsements. [ 18 ] Wilson lost in a conclusion raceway on November 2, 2010, and he conceded defeat the follow day. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Despite the loss, Capitol News rated his campaign the best in 2010 in all of New York department of state. [ 19 ]
In 2012, Wilson raised funds for the unsuccessful campaigns of Republican candidates Matt Doheny for Congress and Wendy E. Long for the United States Senate. [ 20 ]

personal life [edit ]

He married Eva Romas in 1997. They have four daughters and live in Scarsdale, New York. [ 8 ]

References [edit ]

Party political offices
Preceded by Christopher Callaghan Republican nominee for New York State Comptroller
2010
Succeeded by Robert Antonacci