The excitement and the exclamation points could not be contained as John Ellis “Jeb” Bush, railed against “the pampered elites of Washington” and declared his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States.
Mr. Bush, a graduate of the Phillips Academy, has been an international banker, Florida real estate developer, Nigerian business negotiator, chairman of three offshore private equity funds, advisor to the British bank Barclay’s, a consultant to Lehman Brothers and on its Private Equity Advisory Board, and was formerly on the board of fraud-prone Tenet Healthcare, a private Swiss bank, and the Heritage Foundation. He is the son of former President George H. W. Bush and younger brother of former President George W. Bush.
More:
“Jeb Bush Has a Mitt Romney Problem,” Joshua Green, Bloomberg Politics
“Jeb Bush’s banking career ripe for attack,” Alexandra Jaffe, CNN
“Jeb Bush’s busy role on corporate boards could become 2016 issue,” Ronnie Greene, AP via The Washington Times
“Jeb Bush’s private equity woes similar to what sunk Mitt Romney,” Joshua Green and Michael Weiss, Miami Herald
“Jeb Bush’s Rush to Make Money May Be Hurdle,” Michael Barbaro, New York Times
“Jeb Bush’s laughable makeover: Dynasty candidate slams ‘pampered elites,’” David Sirota, Salon
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