Timothy Geithner was born in June 1966 and raised in the New York City area and in Providence, Rhode Island. He spent his early childhood in New York City and then moved to Washington, D.C., where he attended Sidwell Friends School and then Wesleyan University. After college, he worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for two years before moving to New York City to work for the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. At Cravath, Geithner took a leave of absence to work for the Treasury Department during the Clinton administration
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He returned to Cravath after leaving the Treasury and became a partner in 2001. Geithner joined Citigroup as president and CEO in January 2003 and was named chairman of the board of directors on January 13, 2010. On February 3, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Geithner to serve as Treasury secretary.
He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 17, 2011.