Eugene Ludwig

Eugene A. "Gene" Ludwig (born April 11, 1946) is an American business leader and expert on banking regulation, risk management, and fiscal policy. He is the Founder and CEO of Promontory Financial Group, a global financial services advisory firm. He is also the former vice chair at Bankers Trust of Deutsche Bank, and from 1993 to 1998 served as President Clinton's Comptroller of the Currency.

Personal life

Ludwig was raised in York, Pennsylvania, attending public schools. His father was a country doctor who took his son with him to get his first office loan. His mother was a former Broadway chorus girl. His younger brother Ken Ludwig became an award-winning playwright.

Ludwig received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Haverford College in 1968. He received a scholarship to Oxford University, where he earned a Masters of Arts as a Keasbey Fellow; and he holds a law degree from Yale, where he was editor of the Yale Law Journal and chairman of Yale Legislative Services.