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Bill Thompson, a former New York City Comptroller and five-term president of the New York City Board of Education, is a senior managing director at Siebert Brandford Shank, the nation’s largest minority-owned firm in the field of municipal underwriting. As comptroller, Thompson also served as custodian and investment advisor to the five New York City Pension Funds, where he managed a combined portfolio amounting to more than $100 billion at the close of his tenure. During his tenure, Thompson also worked with leaders of the financial services industry to reform the operations of the New York Stock Exchange, and spearheaded the city’s Banking Development District program.
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- • 173 investors hold the Advisor role in VCSift. Bill Thompson is one of them.
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