Background
Bolten was born to a Jewish family, the son of Analouise (née Clissold) and Seymour Bolten. His father worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and his mother taught world history at George Washington University.
Bolten was born to a Jewish family, the son of Analouise (née Clissold) and Seymour Bolten. His father worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and his mother taught world history at George Washington University.
He graduated from Saint Albans School, and served on the school"s board until 2007. Bolten attended Princeton University, where he studied in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and served as class president and president of The Ivy Club. He graduated in 1976.
He graduated with a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1980 and served as an editor of the law review.
Long time Republican Bolten replaced Andrew Card on April 14, 2006. Formerly the Director of Office of Management and Budget (Office of Management and Budget), Bolten was confirmed by the United States. Senate to that position in 2003. He previously served as policy director for the 2000 George West. Bush Presidential campaign from 1999 to 2000 and as Executive Director for Legal and Government Affairs at Goldman Sachs in London from 1994 to 1999.
He was general counsel to the Office of the United States Trade Representative for three years and Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs for one year during the administration of George H. West. He is credited with having assisted the President in recruiting Henry Paulson - the Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs - to serve as Treasury Secretary, based on his former employment at the firm.
Bolten became the John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Company Visiting Professor at Princeton University"s Woodrow Wilson School in September 2009, teaching classes on the federal budget and international trade and financial regulation.
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In March 2010, Bolten was appointed a member of the board and co-chair of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, which has raised $36 million to date for immediate earthquake relief and long-term recovery efforts in the Caribbean country.