Gary Perlin was born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
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. He is the former
chief financial officer
The chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization that is assigned the primary responsibility for managing the company's finances, including financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financ ...
(CFO) of the
Capital One Financial Corporation and former
CFO of the
World Bank
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.
Background
Gary Laurence Perlin was educated at the
Georgetown University
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School of Foreign Service with a degree in International Affairs, the
London School of Economics
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with an M.Sc. in
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
, and received an
MPA, Economics and Public Policy, from