He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas and received a Juris Doctor degree from the Harvard Law School and an M.A. in Government from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. [1]
He was a partner in the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson from 1973 to 1991, and again from 1998. [1] [2] [3] He served as Chief Executive Officer of Salomon Brothers from 1992 to 1997. [2] [3] He is on the Board of Directors of the New York Times Company, Oaktree Capital Management, UGL, FEMSA and Chevron Corporation. [1] [2] [3]
He is the Chairman of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Vice Chairman of the Good Samaritan Hospital of Los Angeles. [2] He is a trustee of the James Irvine Foundation, the New Village Charter High School and the Russell Sage Foundation. [2]
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