Going Public: My Adventures Inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

You often read an acknowledgments section of a book in which the author writes that a book takes a team effort. After seeing the number of people involved in Going Public, I will never scoff at those acknowledgments again! There are so many people I want to thank, that I know I will miss some. Apologies and please do accept my sincerest gratitude nonetheless.

I will start with the members of my family, as they are the most important people in my life. My wonderful wife, Sally, supported the five years of public service described in this book. I just don’t have an adequate way to thank her for everything. I would also like to thank my four amazing children.

As Chapter 2 makes clear, I owe so much to my late uncle Joseph C. Champ, ...