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Mr. Simon is Co-Chairman of William E. Simon & Sons LLC, an investment firm, which he co-founded in 1988 with his father and brother. After graduating from Boston College Law School in 1982, Mr. Simon served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, under then US Attorney Rudolph Giuliani. He began his career on Wall Street as a foreign exchange trader and manager in the municipal bond department at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company after graduating Williams College in 1973.
He currently serves as co- chairman of the William E. Simon Foundation and the Cynthia L. and William E. Simon, Jr. Foundation. Through these foundations, Mr. Simon helps needy youngsters in urban areas through faith-based efforts. He and his wife, Cindy, established and continue to fund the Sound Body Sound Mind Fitness Program for Los Angeles area high schools. The program provides state-of-the-art athletic equipment offering students the opportunity to balance academic pursuits along with physical fitness. In addition, Mr. Simon serves on the Boards of the National Urban Squash and Education Association, St. John’s Health Center Foundation and Oaks Christian School.
Mr. Simon is also a member of the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, He is a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, one of the oldest religious orders of the Catholic Church. He has also served on the boards of numerous other charitable institutions, as former Vice-Chairman of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, and is currently Chairman Emeritus of Covenant House California.
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