Founding Chairman
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Peter J. Solomon is the Founding Chairman of Solomon Partners. He established the firm in 1989.
Mr. Solomon founded Solomon Partners in 1989. Previously, he was Vice Chairman of Lehman Brothers where he was Chairman of its Merchant Banking Division and Co-Chairman of the Investment Banking Division.
From 1978 to 1980, Mr. Solomon was Deputy Mayor of Economic Policy and Development in New York City under Mayor Edward I. Koch. He was also Chairman of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, which operated 17 municipal hospitals. He served as Counselor to the United States Treasury in the Carter Administration in 1980.
In 2013, Mr. Solomon served as Co-Chairman of New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Tax Reform and Fairness Commission, charged with proposing reforms to the state’s complex tax code. He also served on Governor Cuomo’s Spending and Government Efficiency Commission (SAGE).
Mr. Solomon writes frequently about public policy issues.
Mr. Solomon holds a BA, cum laude, from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Anthropomorphism in Children’s Literature; Celebrating the Peter J. Solomon Collection Why do we tell stories to children through and about animals? Are there reasons why we shouldn’t? Animals Are Us explores these questions and more through influential historic examples of anthropomorphism in dialogue with contemporary books drawn from the collection of Peter J. Solomon (Harvard…
Designer reveals a hidden world, rich history This month a new gate was unveiled in Harvard Yard, near Houghton Library. It was made possible through support from Peter J. Solomon ’60, M.B.A. ’63, and his wife, Susan, as part of a larger gift, announced in January 2019 , to renovate Houghton Library. That donation also included an…
JOHN HARVARD’S JOURNAL by JACOB SWEET By HARVARD STANDARDS, the gate outside Lamont Library wasn’t really a gate. “It was just an extension of the fencing,” says Nazneen Cooper, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ assistant dean of campus design and planning. Unlike the Yard’s other notable gates, this one lacked any distinguishing features or…
