ILI-D "Strategist" γ Gamma

Bernard Baruch

Financier / Presidential Adviser · American · 19th–20th c.

American financier and presidential adviser (1870–1965). After building vast wealth as a stock speculator, he headed the War Industries Board during World War I and World War II to manage economic mobilisation — advising multiple presidents. His "park bench adviser" reputation reflected his role as the eminence grise of American economic policy across half a century.