Arthur Levitt Jr. (born 1931) was the twenty-fifth and longest serving Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 1993 to 2001. Widely hailed as a champion of the individual investor, he has been criticized for not pushing for tougher accounting rules. Growing up in Brooklyn, Levitt received his first exposure to the world of finance through his father, Arthur Levitt, Sr., … Wikipedia
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