But most modern presidents have agreed to sell or sequester their assets in a blind trust, led by an independent manager with supreme control, in order to keep past business deals, investments and relationships from influencing their White House term.
One of the most horrific examples concerns Northern Securities, a railroad trust led by J.J. Hill, E.H. Harriman and J.P. Morgan.
LONDON — Two of the world's best-known banking families are combining forces after RIT Capital Partners, the investment trust led by Jacob Rothschild, said on Wednesday that it was buying a minority stake in the investment and wealth management firm Rockefeller Financial Services.
Critics circle the trust, led by the opposition culture spokesman, Jeremy Hunt August BSkyB – which had marked its 20th anniversary in February – cements its power by announcing turnover of £5.3bn, three times that of ITV, and subscribers approaching 10 million.
Though Roxburgh said that the team's European brain trust, led by the founder of Red Bull Dietrich Mateschitz and the team's head of global soccer Gerard Houllier, were fully behind the decision to hire Petke, it has been a poorly kept secret that their opinion of American soccer and the coaching talent pool was less than thrilling.
Several days after the All-Star Game break, members of the Yankees' brain trust, led by George Steinbrenner, sat around the table in the owner's suite at Yankee Stadium and talked about possible players to pursue to bolster the team's sagging offense.
Then it was a pyramid of investment trusts led by the infamous Goldman Sachs Trading Co., which lost over 90% of its value and was the target of famous spoofs by comedian Eddie Cantor, who lost his nest egg.
"The purpose of the lawsuit was to bring about accountability … for these business owners that remain open knowing that their building could collapse in the event of an earthquake". The building was owned by trusts led by Mary Mastagni.
In April 2013, responsibility for the commissioning of services changed from the Department of Health and local Primary Care Trusts led by managers, to NHS England, an organisation overseeing 211 GP led local Clinical Commissioning Groups [ 2].
Seven land trusts, led by the New England Forestry Foundation, are working to conserve some 12,000 acres of forestlands, coordinating to buy land or cheaper easements from 77 families' forests.
The Crescent Real Estate Equities Company, a real estate investment trust also led by Mr. Rainwater, already owns the buildings used by Charter's hospitals and treatment centers.
