Liz Peek

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Liz Peek
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February 2018
Born (1949-01-10) January 10, 1949 (age 76)
United States
Alma mater Wellesley College
Occupation(s) political commentator; business analyst
Years active1975-
Known for The Wall Street Journal
Spouse Jeff Peek
Children3

Liz Peek (born Elizabeth Ann Taylor, January 10, 1949) is an American commentator and business analyst on the finance industry and government. [1]

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Education

Peek graduated as a Durant scholar from Wellesley College with an Honors Degree. [2]

Career

Peek spent more than 20 years on Wall Street as a research analyst focused on the oil industry. She began working for Wertheim & Company in 1975 and in 1983, was one of the first women to become partner at a Wall Street investment firm. [3] [4] She left Wall Street in 1990 to raise her children, but remained active as a commentator. [4] She has written for The Fiscal Times , Fox News, [5] the New York Sun , The Wall Street Journal , Alternate Universe, the Motley Fool , and Women on the Web and has appeared on Fox Business with Neil Cavuto and Fox & Friends . [6] Peek contributes opinion pieces to The Hill. [7]

Peek was the first woman elected president of the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts and was also a member of Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts. [8] She serves as executive vice president of the board of Women's Committee of the Central Park Conservancy and on the board and executive committee of the School of American Ballet.

In August 2012, she was named chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), a college in the State University of New York system. [9] Peek was awarded the statuette of a spool of thread award by FIT's Couture Council in February 2013.[ clarification needed ] [10] She chairs the fundraising organization for The Museum at FIT and is a member of the board of the FIT Foundation. [9] [10] [ better source needed ]

Personal life

Liz Peek married her husband Jeff Peek in 1972. He is the former CEO of CIT Group. The couple has three children. [11] [4] [12] Their son, Andrew Peek, studied at Princeton, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and the University of Texas at Austin, is a veteran of the US Army, and has worked for the Heritage Foundation and for two Republican US Senators and one Republican Congressman. He briefly served in each of the Trump administrations; as part of the State Department during Trump's first term, and as an advisor at the NSC during Trump's second term. [13] [14] [15] [16]

Liz Peek's father, Robert Lewis Taylor, was a Pulitzer Prize winning writer. He passed away in 1998. [17]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeffrey M. Peek Will Marry Elizabeth Taylor, Stock Analyst (Published 1972)". The New York Times . 27 February 1972.
  2. ↑ Duffy, The Man From 2063 With Jack (2015-03-27). "The Man From 2063 With Jack Duffy". BlogTalkRadio. Retrieved 2024-05-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "About". Liz Peek. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Liz Peek". Huffington Post. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Liz Peek". Fox News. November 28, 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Liz Peek". The Fiscal Times. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  7. ↑ Peek, Liz (2025-02-14). "Democrats rage against DOGE — but shouldn't everyone be against waste?". The Hill. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  8. ↑ "Liz Peek | HuffPost".
  9. 1 2 Fein, Cheri (August 7, 2012). "Fashion Institute of Technology - State University of New York". Fashion Institute of Technology - State University of New York. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. 1 2 "A great New York success story". New York Social Diary. June 16, 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. ↑ Pressler, Jessica (July 13, 2009). "Liz Peek May Not Be a TARP Wife Much Longer". New York Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Jeffrey M. Peek Will Marry Elizabeth Taylor, Stock Analyst (Published 1972)". The New York Times . 27 February 1972.
  13. ↑ https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000016b-b719-dfc2-a9ff-ffbba6910000
  14. ↑ "Trump's National Security Council trimmed in restructuring, sources say - CBS News". CBS News . 23 May 2025.
  15. ↑ "Trump expected to pick Andrew Peek for NSC post focused on Europe". Politico . 23 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "Andrew Peek - Previously held position: National Security Council (Feb. 2025-May 2025) Donald John Trump, Senior Director, European and Russian Affairs - Biography | LegiStorm".
  17. ↑ "Jeffrey M. Peek Will Marry Elizabeth Taylor, Stock Analyst (Published 1972)". The New York Times . 27 February 1972.
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