Who is Neel Kashkari?

06 October 2008 @ 04:21 pm EDT

Neel Kashkari is a name that all who are following the $700 billion bailout rescue plan, will become familiar with over the coming weeks.


Neel Kashkari
In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Treasury Department, of Treasury Department Assistant Secretary Neel Kashkari. Kashkari has been selected to head the Treasury`s new Office of Financial Stability. (AP Photo/U.S. Treasury Dept., Chris Taylor)
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The department announced that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had appointed Neel Kashkari to oversee the Troubled Assets Relief Program and the newly created Office of Financial Stability.

Kashkari, a former executive at Goldman Sachs, is the assistant Treasury secretary for International Economics and Development.

He has become one of the most important men in America as he embarks on the task of bailing out the US economy.

Kashkari, 35, will be working on the set up of the Office of Financial Stability and will be responsible for organizing its operations and mandate.

The office will begin buying struggling debt in around four week's time.

View Neel Kashkari's full bio here.

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