- Henry Kaufman
Henry Kaufman (born 1927 in
Germany ) is a Jewish Americaneconomist andfinancial consultant .Born in a small village in Germany, in the late 1930s his family left, fleeing the Nazi regime.
Currently president of Henry Kaufman & Company Inc., from 1962 to 1988 Kaufman worked at Salomon Brothers Inc, where he was Managing Director and member of the Executive Committee. He was also a Vice Chairman of the
parent company , Salomon Inc. Before joining Salomon Brothers, Dr. Kaufman served as an economist at theFederal Reserve Bank of New York .He was well-known during the 1970s and early 1980s for the interest rate forecasts he wrote for Salomon, and for their bearish views, generally predicting that bond prices would decrease (interest rate would increase). Thus, he earned the nickname "Dr. Doom."
Dr. Kaufman received a
B.A. in economics fromNew York University , anM.S. in finance fromColumbia University , and aPh.D. from theNew York University 'sStern School of Business .He is currently on the Board of Directors of the now defunct
Lehman Brothers .Dr. Kaufman is a recipient of
The International Center in New York's "Award of Excellence".External links
* [http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_23/b3684089.htm Business Week] "He's Not Just 'Dr. Doom,'" a review of Kaufman's book "On Money and Markets, A Wall Street Memoir"
* [http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2000/09/books.htm IMF] review of "On Money and Markets"
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