< 25 Top Pension Power Players

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15. Paul Singer
President,
Elliott Management Corp.

As chairman of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a free-market think tank, Paul Singer, president of hedge fund Elliott Management Corp., has been shaking up the pension world. Pensions are a big research priority for the institute, which maintains they need reforming so states and municipalities can better afford current services, including K–12 education. Pension clients are a big source of business for $28 billion-in-assets Elliott Management; Singer and other hedge fund managers who support the Manhattan Institute while managing defined benefit pension money face flak from unions. But the 72-year-old is known for his candid views on pensions, including his position that they are in far worse financial shape than the public realizes. —Julie Segal


 
The 2017 Pension Political Power 25


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1. Andy Puzder
Secretary of Labor

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2. Bruce Rauner
Governor of Illinois

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3. Betsy DeVos
Secretary of Education

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4. Laura & John Arnold
Founders,
Laura and John Arnold Foundation

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5. Steven Mnuchin
Secretary of the Treasury

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6. Wilbur Ross
Secretary of Commerce

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7. Tani Cantil-Sakauye
California Chief Justice

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8. Paul Ryan
Speaker of the House

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9. Anthony Scaramucci
Founder, SkyBridge Capital

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10. Kevin de León
California State Senator and President Pro Tempore

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11. Mike Enzi
Chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security

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12. Steve Sweeney
President,
New Jersey State Senate

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13. Jerry Brown
Governor of California

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14. Corey Lewandowski
Co-founder, Avenue Strategies

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15. Paul Singer
President,
Elliott Management Corp.

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16. Randel Johnson
Senior Vice President, Labor, Immigration, and Employee Benefits, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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17. Joe Manchin
U.S. Senator

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18. Kenneth Feinberg
Founder and managingpartner, Feinberg Rozen

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19. Scott Walker
Governor of Wisconsin

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20. Richard Trumka
President, AFL-CIO

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21. Mike Rawlings
Mayor of Dallas

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22. Elizabeth Warren
U.S. Senator

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23. Kent Mason
Partner,
Davis & Harman

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24. Bernie Sanders
U.S. Senator

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25. Randi Weingarten
President, American Federation of Teachers