Chief Economic Adviser, Allianz Group
WHY: On Business Journal’s list of 50 most influential. Gained fame as CEO and co-chief investment officer at PIMCO, helping guide it along with Bill Gross through the 2008 financial crisis. Was CEO at Harvard endowment. Chair of then President Barack Obama’s Global Development Council. Coined phrase “The New Normal.”
RECENT: President-elect at Queens’ College Cambridge in United Kingdom. Term starts 2020.
QUOTABLE: “There are a lot of things to do once you understand Orange County. I like the whole range of opportunities, from the Segerstrom Center to outdoor stuff.”
