Warsh will probably be the wealthiest Fed chair in modern times, with financial disclosures showing a fortune well in excess of $100 million, including holdings in cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence ventures, though he declined to disclose the composition of some fund investments.
That’s separate from the fortune of his wife, Estée Lauder heiress Jane Lauder.
– Reporting from the Washington Post
He wanted the job as Fed chair so badly, that he (during his confirmation hearing in the Senate) would not say whether Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, and sidestepped questions about whether tariffs had contributed to inflation.