$700 billion man is a 35 year old Indian with a US passport

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http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/10/1...-young-banker/

Neel Kashkari: A Portrait of the $700 Billion Man as a Young Banker.

Who is Neel Kashkari?

We?ll get to that in a second. Here is who he is not: Neel Kashkari is not a wunderkind. He?s not an evil genius. He?s not a mastermind.

Kashkari, the 35-year-old interim head of the Office of Financial Stability, has been the source of great worry. Many fear he?s too young and too inexperienced to handle the task of rebuilding the nation?s financial system.

Of course, Kashkari may just have the job for a few months. Paulson made clear he will appoint somebody and try to get the new person confirmed in November, and that person would transition into the next administration.

Forty-five days isn?t a long period in normal times, but in this crisis it?s an age. To get a better understanding of him, Deal Journal spoke to people who knew Kashkari well in his childhood and during his time at Goldman Sachs to find out the character and working style of the man who is managing the nation?s bailout.

Here?s the portrait that emerged: Kashkari is smart, dutiful, detail-oriented, and takes orders well. In the parlance of investment banking, he is a good ?execution guy?: He leaves strategy to the bigwigs. But if you give him a project, he will prioritize, delegate and finish it.

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[pigman]

Sounds like he will get the job done no matter what.