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    Wilbur Ross Jr. Appointed Secretary of Commerce

    Written by Sandy Williams


    Wilbur Ross Jr. has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as Commerce Secretary. Ross is a billionaire investor known as the “bankruptcy king.”

    Forbes estimates the Ross fortune at $2.9 billion made by buying and restructuring troubled companies. One of those companies was Donald Trump’s bankrupt casino in the 1990s. Ross was a bondholder in the Trump Taj Mahal and worked with Carl Ichan and Trump in 1991 to structure an orderly bankruptcy for the failing casino, according the New York Times.

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