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In Memoriam

Michael A. Peterson

President and CEO of the Peterson Foundation

“My father established this Foundation ten years ago to solve the nation’s fiscal challenges and preserve the American Dream that he was so fortunate to have lived. He worked tirelessly and across party lines to build a sustainable fiscal foundation to support economic growth and widely-shared opportunity.”

Read the full statements from the Peterson family and the Peterson Foundation.

Obituaries

FILE -- Peter G. Peterson at his office in New York, April 1, 2011. Peterson, the billionaire financier and philanthropist who combined a spectacular career in industry and Wall Street with public policymaking and dogged advocacy of government fiscal prudence, died on March 20, 2018, at his home in Manhattan. He was 91. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)

FRED R. CONRAD/The New York Time/Redux

NYT: “Peter G. Peterson, a Power From Wall St. to Washington, Dies at 91”

"Financier and philanthropist who combined a spectacular career in industry and Wall Street with public policymaking and dogged advocacy of government fiscal prudence." Read more.

WSJ: “Peter Peterson, Blackstone Co-Founder, Dies at 91”

“Son of Greek immigrants became secretary of commerce in the Nixon administration and a co-founder of private-equity firm.” Read more.

WP: “Peter G. Peterson, financier who warned of rising national debt, dies at 91”

“[A] longtime fiscal Paul Revere, spending much of his fortune to sound the alarm about the perils of the burgeoning national debt.” Read more.

Statements Remembering Pete

Bipartisan Policy Center

Michael Bloomberg

President Clinton and Secretary Clinton

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

The Concord Coalition

Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Council on Foreign Relations

Economic Club of New York

Bill Gates

Representative Steny Hoyer

Japan Society

Kaiser Family Foundation

Senator John McCain

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Peterson Institute for International Economics

Progressive Policy Institute

Steve Schwarzman

Olympia Snowe

Stimson Center

Up to Us

Videos

Nancy Pelosi's speech on the house floor in honor of Peter G. Peterson.

A 2014 video tribute from the Economic Club of New York featuring thought leaders’ reflections on Pete’s contributions and accomplishments in business, public policy and philanthropy.