Ken Lipper

Kenneth Lipper is a prominent figure in the arts, the world of finance, and government. He served as New York City's Deputy Mayor under Mayor Ed Koch. Lipper was a general partner at Lehman Brothers and Salomon Brothers. He was Adjunct Professor at Columbia School of International Affairs in the field of international economics. Lipper serves as a director of corporations and government agencies. He is Chairman of Lipper & Co, an investment bank and investment management company, and also serves as Chairman of the Board of Lippmann Enterprises LLC, a cosmetics company. In November 2010, after winning a civil class action, Lipper was awarded more than $15 million in indemnification, because as a New York State Supreme Court judge's findings noted, "none of the investigations and claims asserted against [Lipper] had resulted in a finding that he had engaged in 'negligence, malfeasance or a violation of applicable law.'" In 2013, Governor Andrew Cuomo nominated, and the New York State Senate confirmed, Lipper as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Port Authority's governing body. Lipper won an Academy Award in 1998 for producing the Best Documentary Feature. He wrote the novelizations of the films Wall Street and City Hall, and also co-wrote the original screenplay for City Hall. Lipper produced the films City Hall, The Winter Guest, and The Last Days, and worked as chief technical adviser on Wall Street. He is the co-founder and co-publisher of Lipper Viking Penguin, a biography series.