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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Former US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross: Risks and Rewards
Description: Before being named President Trump’s secretary of commerce in 2017, Wilbur Ross had already earned a reputation as the “King of Bankruptcy” over his 55-year career on Wall Street. Often working on high-profile bankruptcies such as Pan Am and Texaco, Ross helped restructure more than $400 billion in assets, and was named among Bloomberg’s 50 most influential people in global finance. After coming to Washington, Ross faced equally tough challenges, yet survived in his post for all four years. Now Ross shares the story of how he got to the top and stayed there, as he relates in his new b...