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John Lawson Thornton (born January 2, 1954) is a Professor and Director of Global Leadership at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is a former President and Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs.
In 1983, Thornton founded and developed Goldman Sachs' European mergers and acquisitions business. He served as co-CEO of Goldman Sachs International in London from 1995 to 1996. Thornton was Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia from 1996 to 1998, where he expanded the firm's regional franchise during the Asian financial crisis.
Thornton serves in the board of Intel, Pacific Century Group, Ford Motor Company, China Netcom, HSBC Holdings,and News Corporation. He is also Chairman of the Board of The Brookings Institution.
Early life and education [edit]
Thornton graduated from the Hotchkiss School, a prestigious boarding school in Lakeville, Connecticut. .
In 1976, Thornton earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from Harvard College. He studied law at Oxford, and in 1978, received a bachelor's and master's degrees in Jurisprudence and later in 1980, a M.A. in Public and Private Management from Yale School of Management.[1]
Career [edit]
Thornton currently serves as the Co-Chairman of the board of Barrick Gold. Thornton is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In addition, he serves as trustee or advisory board member for a wide range of organizations, including the Asia Society, China Institute, China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Eisenhower Fellowships, Financial Services Volunteer Corps, The Hotchkiss School, International Advisory Committee of the China Reform Forum, Morehouse College, National Committee on United States-China Relations, Nelson Mandela Legacy Foundation (US), Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (Beijing), the Yale School of Management [2] and Co-Chairs the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation.[3][4]
In 2006, Thornton funded the establishment of the John L. Thornton China Center at the The Brookings Institution.[5]
In 2009, he also became a member of the International Advisory Council of the Chinese sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation.[6]
He is the former President of the Hotchkiss School Board of Trustees.
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Financial Post
Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:52:17 -0700
From their mighty investment perch overlooking the plight of the gold sector, and Barrick in particular, the funds decided to target the compensation of one man, John L. Thornton. Appointed in June, 2012, as co-chair of Barrick — sharing the role at ...
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Chinadaily USA
Fri, 17 May 2013 00:43:31 -0700
"These issues require effective management, but the road ahead will not be smooth." Jonathan Pollack, director of Brookings' John L. Thornton China Center, called the new nomination "very appropriate". Russel "has ample diplomatic experience in East ...
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Businessweek
Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:41:21 -0700
John L. Thornton, who retired as president and co- chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in 2003, provided money for the Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center, which has its headquarters in Washington and an office at ...
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Brookings Institution
Sun, 12 May 2013 21:10:27 -0700
On May 13, the Africa Growth Initiative and the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings, with the Institute for Statistical, Social, and Economic Research at the University of Ghana and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, hosted a ...
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Wall Street Journal (press release)
Thu, 09 May 2013 07:43:41 -0700
... Ellen R. Marram Kimberly A. Casiano James H. Hance Jr. Alan Mulally Anthony F. Earley Jr. William W. Helman IV Homer A. Neal Edsel B. Ford II Jon M. Huntsman Jr. Gerald L. Shaheen William Clay Ford Jr. Richard A. Manoogian John L. Thornton ...
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China Daily
Mon, 13 May 2013 12:09:18 -0700
Cheng Li, senior fellow and director of research at John L Thornton Center on China, Brookings Institution, said China's new leaders have a very clear roadmap on reform and domestic small- and medium-sized enterprises, and foreign investors would ...
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Wall Street Journal (press release)
Mon, 06 May 2013 06:11:27 -0700
The Committee is chaired jointly by R. Glenn Hubbard (Dean, Columbia Business School) and John L. Thornton (Chairman, The Brookings Institution) and directed by Prof. Hal S. Scott (Nomura Professor and Director of the Program on International Financial ...
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Patch.com
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:04:27 -0700
He is the Brookings Institution's John C. Whitehead Senior Fellow in International Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center. He served as Special Assistant to the US President and Senior Director for East Asian Affairs on the National ...
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