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John William Snow (born August 2, 1939) is an American economist, attorney, and businessman who is the former CEO of CSX Corporation and served as the 73rd United States secretary of the treasury under U.S. President George W. Bush. He replaced Secretary Paul H. O'Neill on February 3, 2003 and was succeeded by Henry Paulson on July 3, 2006.
John W. Snow was the 73rd Secretary of the Treasury serving from February 2003 until June 2006. He came to office following a recession, the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks, and the corporate scandals that produced the largest overhaul of corporate governance since the Securities Acts of the thirties.
Chairman, Cerberus Capital Management. Secretary Snow serves as the Chairman of Cerberus and a member of the Firm’s senior leadership team. Prior to joining Cerberus in 2006, he served as the 73rd Secretary of the U.S. Treasury in which capacity he led the economic team for President George W. Bush’s Administration.
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Dec 10, 2002 · John W. Snow, the railroad executive President Bush has chosen to be his next secretary of the Treasury, is a pragmatic business executive who once campaigned vociferously to place top...
This is the John Snow oral history interview as part of our George W. Bush Project. We are joined by Chris Smith, who was the Secretary’s chief of staff but also had some experience at Treasury, before you came in.
John William Snow left CSX in January 2003 to become President George W. Bush’s second secretary of the treasury following the resignation of Paul O’Neill. He served in that capacity until 2006, when he resigned.
President George W. Bush nominated John William Snow to be the 73rd Secretary of the Treasury on January 13, 2003. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed Snow to the position on January 30, 2003. He was sworn into office on February 3, 2003 and served until June 29, 2006.
