12 Facts About Blair Effron

Blair Wayne Effron was born on June 19,1962 and is an American financier.

Blair Effron is active in Democratic Party politics and was a prominent supporter of John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, as well as subsequent presidential campaigns for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Blair Effron graduated with a BA in history from Princeton University in 1984 and an MBA from Columbia Business School in 1986.

Blair Effron began his career in investment banking in the early 1980s and built up a reputation as one of the leading bankers in the consumer products industry and for more than ten years since founding Centerview has been one of the industry's top generalist banker across several industries.

At UBS, Blair Effron was Group Vice Chairman of UBS AG and a member of the Board of UBS Investment Bank, where he sat on several management committees.

Blair Effron serves on the board of trustees of the Council on Foreign Relations, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Visions for Public Schools, Partnership for New York City, and Princeton University.

Blair Effron sits on the advisory board of The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution.

Active in the Democratic party, Blair Effron was a prominent supporter of John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign and an active supporter of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.

Blair Effron hosted Obama at his Upper East Side Manhattan home in May 2014 and Hillary Clinton in June 2015.

Blair Effron contributes political and business commentary to outlets including the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg and other publications.

Blair Effron has endorsed Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign and organized support for the Vice President within the business community.

Blair Effron stated on CNBC that Harris recognizes the importance of policy alignment with the private sector and on Bloomberg TV that CEOs prefer stability and a free-market based economy.