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Meet Secretary of the Treasury
Robert Rubin

Robert E. Rubin is our nation's seventieth Secretary of the Treasury.




Secretary Rubin was born in New York City on August 29, 1938. He attended Harvard College and graduated summa cum laude in 1960 with and A.B. in Economics. Secretary Rubin then received a law degree from Yale Law School in 1964 and later attended the London School of Economics.


Robert Rubin worked for two years at the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York City before joining the investment banking firm of Goldman Sachs & Co., where he worked for 26 years. He has been a member of many organizations, including the boards of directors of the New York Stock Exchange, the New York City Partnership, the New York Futures Exchange, the Harvard Management Company, and the Center for National Policy.


In 1993, Robert Rubin joined President Clinton's Administration as the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. In this position he directed the activities of the National Economic Council, overseeing domestic and international economic policy, making policy recommendations to the President, and monitoring the implementation of the President's economic goals.


Now, as the Secretary of the Treasury, Robert Rubin's main responsibilities are to advise the President on financial policies and to supervise all activities of the Treasury Department. He is responsible for making and suggesting economic policy for the United States and for guiding U.S. economic relations with other countries. In addition, Secretary Rubin oversees the production of coins and currency, management of the public debt, and major law enforcement agencies such as the Secret Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.


Secretary Rubin is married to Judith Oxenburg Rubin, and they have two grown sons, James and Philip.

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