Timothy Geithner and Financial Rescue

Timothy Geithner

Timothy Geithner served as Treasury Secretary, steering the U.S. economy through the aftermath of the devastating 2008 global financial crisis and executing critical bank rescue programs. His decisive actions through stress tests and the Troubled Asset Relief Program helped stabilize the financial system, though his close involvement with Wall Street bailouts drew sharp public criticism.

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Year	Timothy Geithner
1960	Childhood and Youth Living Abroad (Age: 1 years before birth, Period: 1960s–1970s, Location: Zimbabwe, Zambia, India, Thailand, etc.)
1961	Birth of Timothy Geithner (Period: August 18, 1961, Location: New York City, New York, United States (sources note Manhattan or Brooklyn))
1970	Graduation from the International School Bangkok (Age: 8 years old, Period: Late 1970s, Location: Bangkok, Thailand) International School Bangkok (Age: 8 years old, Period: 1970s, Location: Bangkok, Thailand)
1979	Dartmouth College (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1979–1983, Location: Hanover, New Hampshire, USA)
1981	Chinese Language Study at Peking University and Beijing Normal University (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1981–1982, Location: Beijing, China) Peking University (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1981, Location: Beijing, China)
1982	Beijing Normal University (Age: 20 years old, Period: 1982, Location: Beijing, China)
1983	Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1983–1985, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1985	Employment at Kissinger Associates (Age: 23 years old, Period: 1985–1988, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) Marriage (Timothy Geithner, Marriage to Carole Marie Sonnenfeld, Age: 23 years old, Period: June 8, 1985, Location: Orleans, Massachusetts, parents' vacation home, USA)
1988	Joining the US Department of Treasury (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1988, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1997	Appointment as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the Treasury (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1997–1998, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1998	Appointment as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (Age: 36 years old, Period: July 1998 – January 2001, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2001	Appointment as Director of the Policy Development and Review Department at the International Monetary Fund (Age: 39 years old, Period: 2001–2003, Location: International activities based in Washington, D.C., USA) Non-payment Issue of Social Security and Medicare Taxes During Tenure at the International Monetary Fund (Age: 39 years old, Period: 2001–2004 (Issue uncovered 2008–2009), Location: United States, Tax filings associated with IMF employment)
2003	Appointment as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Age: 42 years old, Period: November 17, 2003 – January 26, 2009, Location: New York City, New York, USA)
2004	Issues Surrounding the Employment Status and Legal Status of Domestic Workers (Age: 42 years old, Period: c. 2004–2005 (Issue uncovered 2009), Location: New York City, New York, USA)
2008	Conflicts of Interest and Favoritism Criticism Concerning the AIG Rescue and Public Support for Financial Institutions (Age: 46 years old, Period: 2008–2010, Location: New York City, New York, Washington, D.C., USA) Criticism of Wall Street Favoritism in Financial Crisis Management (Age: 46 years old, Period: 2008–2013, Location: United States) Handling of the Bear Stearns Rescue (Age: 46 years old, Period: March 2008, Location: New York City, New York, USA) Response to the Collapse of Lehman Brothers (Age: 47 years old, Period: September 2008, Location: New York City, New York, USA) Involvement in the AIG Bailout (Age: 47 years old, Period: September 2008 – 2009, Location: New York City, New York, Washington, D.C., USA) Criticism Regarding Response to the Lehman Brothers Collapse (Age: 47 years old, Period: September 2008, Location: New York City, New York, USA)
2009	Enactment of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act, Age: 47 years old, Period: 2009 – July 2010, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) Involvement in the Auto Industry Rescue (Age: 47 years old, Period: 2009, Location: Detroit, Michigan, etc., USA) Participation in the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (Age: 47 years old, Period: 2009–2013, Location: United States, China) Appointment as US Secretary of the Treasury (Age: 47 years old, Period: January 26, 2009 – January 25, 2013, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) Response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Age: 47 years old, Period: February 2009–, Location: United States) Announcement of the Financial Stability Plan (Age: 47 years old, Period: February 10, 2009, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2013	Participation in the Council on Foreign Relations (Age: 51 years old, Period: 2013–, Location: New York City, New York, USA) Retirement as Treasury Secretary (Age: 51 years old, Period: January 25, 2013, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2014	Educational and Research Activities at Yale School of Management (Age: 52 years old, Period: 2014 onwards, Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA) Appointment as President of Warburg Pincus (Age: 52 years old, Period: March 2014 – 2023, Location: New York City, New York, USA) Publication of "Stress Test" (Age: 52 years old, Period: May 2014, Location: United States)
2023	Appointment as Chairman of Warburg Pincus (Age: 61 years old, Period: July 2023, Location: New York City, New York, USA)
Unknown	Independent (Period: Has not clarified a partisan affiliation through public political activities, Location: United States) Confirmation Status Regarding Personal Corruption or Criminal Wrongdoing (Period: No official records available)

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The White House	Barack Obama Michelle Obama Rahm Emanuel William Daley Jack Lew Denis McDonough Valerie Jarrett David Axelrod David Plouffe John Podesta Robert Gibbs Jay Carney Josh Earnest Pete Rouse Anita Dunn Ben Rhodes
Cabinet and Administration	John Kerry Hillary Clinton Robert Gates Leon Panetta Chuck Hagel Ashton Carter Eric Holder Loretta Lynch Janet Napolitano Jeh Johnson Timothy Geithner Kathleen Sebelius Sylvia Mathews Burwell Arne Duncan Steven Chu Ernest Moniz Gina McCarthy Lisa Jackson Samantha Power Susan Rice

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