Kashmiri Pandit Neel Kashkari is planning to run for Governor of California; it seems that Indian-Americans (FCs at that) are just gravitating towards the civil service & politics.
Of course even more interesting is his background as a Goldman banker, who really do seem to be Masters of the Universe.
Just a short sample of the very familiar household names of these GS Alums (via Wikipedia):
- Mark Carney โ Governor of the Bank of Canada[207] (now BoE)
- Chetan Bhagat โ Author
- Fischer Black โ Coโauthor of the BlackโScholes equation and the Black-Derman-Toy model
- Jon Corzine โ Former CEO of MF Global, Inc., former Democratic Governor (2006โ2010) and U.S. Senator (2001โ2006), New Jersey
- Jim Cramer โ Founder of TheStreet.com, best selling author, and host of Mad Money on CNBC
- Rahm Emanuel โ Mayor of Chicago (2011โ)[208]
- Arthur Levitt โ Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1993โ2001)[209]
- Dambisa Moyo โ Zambian economist and author of Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way For Africa
- Henry Paulson โ Former United States Secretary of the Treasury (2006โ2009)
- Romano Prodi โ Prime Minister of Italy (1996โ1998, 2006โ2008) and President of the European Commission (1999โ2004)[210]
- Robert Rubin โ Former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, exโChairman of Citigroup
- Gene Sperling โ Director of the National Economic Council (2011โ)[211]
- Lawrence Summers โ Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (1999โ2001)[212]
- John Thain โ Former Chairman and CEO, Merrill Lynch, and former chairman of the NYSE
- Robert Zoellick โ United States Trade Representative (2001โ2005), Deputy Secretary of State (2005โ2006), World Bank President (2007โ2012)
isn't a little weird to preface with his regional and caste origin? how would "Hawaiian Mullato Barack Obama" sound? ๐
probably is but then after all we are Brown Pundits lol.. :_