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Wilbur Ross

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Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. (born November 28, 1937) is an American businessman who served as the 39th United States Secretary of Commerce from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Ross was previously chairman and chief executive officer of WL Ross & Co from 2000 to 2017. Ross ran the bankruptcy restructuring practice at N M Rothschild & Sons in New York beginning in the late 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Wilbur Ross is the 15,046th most popular politician (up from 15,453rd in 2024), the 7,649th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,111th in 2019) and the 592nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilbur Ross ranks 15,046 out of 19,576. Before him are Seankhenre Mentuhotepi, Claude Cheysson, Bronislovas Lubys, Saulius Skvernelis, Érik Orsenna, and Rosalia Zemlyachka. After him are José María Medina, Þorsteinn Pálsson, Eduardo Schaerer, Fatemeh Pahlavi, František Ladislav Rieger, and Charles Lang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Wilbur Ross ranks 391. Before him are Alexander Vampilov, Yehoshua Kenaz, Prosper Avril, Eric Arturo Delvalle, Kader Khan, and Margaret O'Brien. After him are Willi Giesemann, Vladimir Makanin, Hassan Habibi, Joseph Wambaugh, Shirley Eaton, and Nina Companeez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wilbur Ross ranks 7,651 out of 20,380. Before him are Michelle Akers (1966), Roger E. Mosley (1938), Larry Cohen (1936), Leland Orser (1960), Tim Daly (1956), and Lyle Lovett (1957). After him are Vinny Appice (1957), Aurora Snow (1981), Charles Lang (1902), Paget Brewster (1969), Roger B. Taney (1777), and Jeremy Davies (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Wilbur Ross ranks 592. Before him are William Joseph Simmons (1880), Louis McLane (1786), Wilford Woodruff (1807), Carrie Chapman Catt (1859), John Podesta (1949), and Joe Kennedy III (1980). After him are Charles Lang (1902), Roger B. Taney (1777), Gary Locke (1950), Mary Arthur McElroy (1841), John J. Sullivan (1959), and Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798).

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