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Bailout Czar Kashkari Joins World's Big Money Elite

After brisk rise through Treasury, 35-year-old has purse to rival largest sovereign funds

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(Newser) – A behind-the-scenes player at the Treasury Department just weeks ago, 35-year-old Neel Kashkari’s financial heft as the agency’s bailout czar puts him on par with the heads of sovereign wealth funds, Politico reports. The self-described “free-market Republican” enjoyed a meteoric rise through the department, where he was part of a small team working on the $700 billion plan months before it was proposed.

Kashkari will decide where and how taxpayer money is spent, putting him in the company of the world’s wealthiest men—the head of Abu Dhabi’s Investment Authority holds $875 billion—not bad for an aerospace engineer who received his MBA just 6 years ago. Kashkari, for his part, seems eager. “We’re having a necessary correction, and we don’t want to do anything to slow it down,” he said.

As the Treasury Department official in charge of the $700 billion bailout fund, Assistant Secretary Neel Kashkari has a wallet to rival the largest sovereign wealth funds.
As the Treasury Department official in charge of the $700 billion bailout fund, Assistant Secretary Neel Kashkari has a wallet to rival the largest sovereign wealth funds.   (AP Photo)
In this Sept. 25, 2008, file photo, Kashkari heads to a Capitol Hill briefing with Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson.
In this Sept. 25, 2008, file photo, Kashkari heads to a Capitol Hill briefing with Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson.   (AP Photo)
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