Obama Car Czar

What Happened to Steve Rattner?

Michael Wolff | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics


Michael Wolff

Rattner is the well-connected financier who was the almost-car czar. That is, he was supposed to be the car czar but by some slight of hand he was demoted -- given the job without the title.

Rattner, Obama's Car Czar, Worth At Least $188 Million

bloomberg.com | Jonathan D. Salant and Justin Blum | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business


May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Rattner, the Obama administration adviser trying to orchestrate a rescue of the U.S. auto industry, has a net worth of at...

What Really Happened Between Steve Rattner And The New York State Fund Scammers

Clusterstock | Henry Blodget | Posted 05.18.2009 | Business


As we described earlier, former Quadrangle partner Steve Rattner--now Obama's car czar--has been dragged into a New York state retirement fund kickbac...

Geithner, Summers To Head Obama's Auto Recovery Panel

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 03.19.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — It will take more than one "car czar" to help get the embattled U.S. auto industry back on track, President Barack Obama has decide...

Steve Rattner, Car Czar Candidate, Is No Lee Iacocca: Auto Analysts

Bloomberg | John Hughes and Katie Merx | Posted 02.14.2009 | Business


Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Rattner, who may become the U.S. car czar, would bring with him the financial savvy amassed during almost 25 years of d...

Steve Rattner, Obama's Car Czar? Private Equity Titan "Leading Candidate"

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business


Democrats tell ABC News successful private equity investor Steve Rattner of the investment firm Quadrangle Group has emerged as President-elect Barack...