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Raymond J. de Souza: Alan Greenspan was world's first celebrity banker

He was all the presidents’ man, serving 19 years at the Fed, appointed five times by four presidents

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Before Mark Carney was called the George Clooney of global finance, the rock star of central banking, there was Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve for nearly 20 years (1987-2006), who died this week at age 100. No George Clooney was he, but he became the first celebrity central banker, improbably “making the gossip pages as something of an unlikely ladies’ man.” He dated Barbara Walters and married Andrea Mitchell.

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Ladies’ man or not, he was all the presidents’ man. He served 19 years at the Fed, appointed five times by four presidents — Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton and George Bush Jr.

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