Mary Jo White, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mary Jo White

31st Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1947

Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Mary Jo White (born December 27, 1947) is an American attorney who served as the 31st Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2013 to 2017.
She was the first and only woman to be the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, serving from 1993 to 2002.
On January 24, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated White to replace Elisse B.
Walter as Chair of the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
She was confirmed by the Senate on April 8, 2013 and was sworn into office on April 10, 2013.
As of 2014, she was listed as the 73rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.On November 14, 2016, White announced she would step down from her SEC position at the end of the president's term.
She is now the Senior Chair at Debevoise & Plimpton.