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Introduction :
- Paul Atkins is an American businessman. He is the CEO of Patomak Global Partners LLC, as well as a former commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Paul S. Atkins was born in Lillington, North Carolina.
- He grew up in Tampa, Florida.
- Paul is married and has three sons with his wife.
- He earned a Bachelor of Arts (graduated summa-cum-laude) degree in 1980 from Wofford College, in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
- Paul then went on to receive his Doctor of Law (Juris Doctor) degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from there in 1983.
- Currently, he resides in Washington D.C.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- After graduating from Vanderbilt University, Paul started working for the New York City legal firm Davis Polk & Wardwell. He specialized in corporate transactions for both national and international clients. He also worked for the firm’s Paris office for a few years and was admitted to the French bar as “Counsel Juridique” in 1988.
- From 2002 to 2008, Paul took over an important role – Commissioner for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. His experience for this high-profile job was built through a number of other important assignments.
- From 1990 to 1994, Atkins was a member of staff for two of the Commission’s former chairmen, Arthur Levitt and Richard C. Breeden. Paul performed the roles of executive assistant and counselor. His duties were manifold: he was involved in proxy reform, in improving regulations dealing with corporate governance, in organizing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s individual investor program, setting up a consumer affairs advisory committee within the Commission, and even started the original Invest Wisely brochures.
- Paul then went on to become the president of Resort Funding Inc., a finance company. He also served as a partner on the board of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), where he continued to advise firms on regulatory compliance.
- In 2002, Paul returned to his commissioner duties at the Securities and Exchange Commission. He was appointed by then-president George W. Bush as one of the three permitted Republican commissioners. He remained in that role until the end of the Bush presidency in 2008.
- He founded Patomak Global Partners in 2009, and continues to serve as the company’s CEO. The company offers compliance advice to firms involved in financial services.
- From 2009 to 2010, Atkins served on the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
- In November 2016, he was a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Paul was part of the 2016 Presidential transition team for the newly elected president Donald J. Trump. He was a financial adviser for independent financial agencies.
- He is a member of the New York and Florida bars.
- While at Vanderbilt University, Paul was a senior student writing editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review.
- He has appeared numerous times on TV as a financial / political commentator.
- Paul has also written pieces for the Financial Times, Forbes, Politico, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal.