10 Things We Know about Timothy Geithner – Obama’s Pick for Treasury Secretary

Timothy Geithner will be Obama’s pick for Treasury Secretary.

Timothy Geithner is 47.

Geithner is currently president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Geithner was born in New York.

Geithner attended Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.

Geithner has studied Japanese and Chinese.

Geithner has lived in Zimbabwe, India, Thailand, Japan and China.

Geithner worked for Kissinger and Associates in Washington before joining the Treasury Department in 1988.

Geithner was Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairsfrom 1998 to 2001.

He was named president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 10/2003.

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