Mary Schapiro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mary Schapiro

29th Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1955

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Mary L.
Schapiro (born June 19, 1955) served as the 29th Chair of the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
She was appointed by President Barack Obama, unanimously confirmed by the U.S.
Senate, and assumed the Chairship on January 27, 2009.
She is the first woman to be the permanent Chair of the SEC.
In 2009, Forbes ranked her the 56th most powerful woman in the world.Schapiro served in various roles as a financial services regulator in the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.
W.
Bush, and Bill Clinton.
From 2006 to early 2009, she was the Chairman and CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the securities industry's self-regulatory organization for broker-dealers and exchanges in the United States.