Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner,Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Arthur Levitt has been Adviser of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc since June 2009. Levitt served as an Operating Executive at The Carlyle Group LP since May 2001. He worked for 16 years on Wall Street. He has also served for two years in the Air Force.

He served as Senior Advisor at WisdomTree Investments, Inc. since August 2006. He served as a Senior Advisor at The Carlyle Group since May 2001. He joined The Carlyle Group on May 1, 2001 and advises its management on strategic business matters as well as Carlyle Asset Management Group on its business and investing activities. He works with the management on key industry issues and assists in raising public awareness of Wisdom Tree’s dividend-oriented investment approach.

He also served as Senior Advisor at Promontory Financial Group, LLC. Levitt served as Board Advisor of Motif Investing Inc. since June 2012. He served as Special Advisor to the Board of Directors of Refco Group Ltd., LLC. He served as Consultant to the Board of American International Group, Inc. since July 2005. Before joining the Commission, he was Owner of Roll Call, Inc. He served as Commissioner of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Levitt was the 25th Chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from July 1, 1993 to February 9, 2001. First appointed by President Clinton in July 1993, the President reappointed him to a second five-year term in May 1998. In September 1999, he became the longest-serving Chairman of the Commission. He left the Commission in February 2001. Throughout his tenure at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, he worked to educate, empower, and protect America’s investors. Early in his tenure, Levitt created the Office of Investor Education and Assistance and established a website. He conducted more than 40 investor town meetings throughout the country to listen to the concerns of investors and to give them tips on safe and wise participation in the securities markets. He served as Chairman of NYSE MKT LLC from 1978 to 1989.

He served as the Chairman of American Stock Exchange LLC from 1978 to 1989, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation from 1989 to 1993. He has been a Director of Motif Investing Inc. since February 2013. He has been a Director of Neuberger Berman Group LLC (Neuberger Berman Inc.) since May 1, 2001 and the Global Center for Leadership and Business Ethics since September 1, 2004.

He serves as a Director of Bloomberg L.P. He serves as Member of Advisory Board at Gold Bullion International LLC and Promontory Financial Group, LLC. He served as Chairman of Governance Leadership Council of RiskMetrics Group, LLC until June 16, 2009. He served as Director of CCBN.com, Inc. He served as Non-Executive Director of RiskMetrics Group, LLC from April 2005 to June 16, 2009. He served as Trustee at RAND Corporation. He served as a Director of The Relizon Company.

He served as Director of Advisory Council/Advisory Board Member of M&T Bank Corporation. He served as a Member of Advisory Board at Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC. He served on the Board of Overseers at Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund. Levitt wrote a book named Take On The Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don’t Want You to Know/What You Can Do to Fight Back.

He holds B.A. in Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College in 1952.