William Simon
- Category : Business-Entrepreneur
- Type : MGE
- Profile : 6/2 - Role Model / Hermit
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Duality 2
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Biography
American businessman and government appointee, the Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Nixon and Ford. A brilliant Wall Street bond expert, as Ford's leading economic spokesman he counseled against the Presidential New York City bailout.
A bright, overweight kid, he became an entrepreneur by 1976. In September 1981, he struck it rich with 50% control of a conglomerate that brought in a cash windfall. Within three years he had an estimated fortune of $150 million.
Simon is married; seven kids. He is known for both a terrible temper and a ready laugh; demanding and tenacious. Besides his service in the public and private sectors, he lent his support to a myriad of organizations, including the presidency of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Simon died of complications from pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, on 6/06/2000, Santa Barbara, CA.