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    Gary Gensler

    Former chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

    Chair, 2021 to 2025, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Chairman, 2009 to 2014, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    Background

    Gary Gensler is a former chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, serving from 2021 to 2025.

    He spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs before his career in the federal government.

    He chaired the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2009 to 2014.

    About Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Commodity Futures Trading Commission is a US federal agency that regulates the country's derivatives and commodity markets and brings enforcement actions against fraud.

    Key facts

    Born
    October 18, 1957source
    SEC chair
    33rd chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2021 to 2025source
    CFTC chair
    11th chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, May 26, 2009, to January 3, 2014source
    Goldman Sachs
    Joined in 1979 and spent 18 years theresource
    Education
    Degree in economics, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvaniasource
    Before SEC appointment
    Professor of Practice of Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Managementsource

    WYDE coverage of Gary Gensler

    WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about Gary Gensler, from Jul 24, 2026 to Jul 25, 2026. Gary Gensler is the subject of 2 stories. The most recent is Global hunger fell to 645 million, lawmakers introduced an AI kill switch, and a judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement. Over 60,000 meals..

    WYDE Weekly

    Global hunger fell to 645 million, lawmakers introduced an AI kill switch, and a judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement. Over 60,000 meals.

    WYDE Weekly: the UN's third straight drop in global hunger to 645 million, the AI Kill Switch and FRONTIER oversight bills, a judge's approval of Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement, a record 55,362 schools serving free meals, and a GAO finding of up to $521 billion in yearly federal fraud.

    Jul 25, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    The SEC Pays $150,000 to End a Records Lawsuit Over Gensler's Deleted Texts

    A joint status report ends the two-year Coinbase FOIA fight over the SEC's missing Ethereum records, after the agency deleted former Chair Gary Gensler's text messages and wiped 21 official phones.

    Jul 24, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    Reported alongside Gary Gensler

    Sources

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