Next US Treasury sec. Janet Yellen made $7M from speaking fees in 2019-20

Janet Yellen, 74, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for Treasury secretary, earned more than $7 million in speaking fees during 2019-2020, according to financial disclosure forms released Thursday by US Office of Government Ethics and reported by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).The documents show that Yellen’s speaking engagements included the Bank of America, Google, UBS, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and hedge-fund firm Citadel LLC, with over 50 paid events, ranging between $50,000 to nearly $300,000 for a single speech – more than her yearly salary during her years as chairwoman of the Federal Rese…

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