10 Most Powerful People in Finance

By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 03:24 IST
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2. Eric cantor:
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The man from Richmond, Virginia, Eric Cantor is the House Majority Leader from the Republican Party. He is the U.S. representative for Virginia's seventh congressional district. He was the son of Eddie Cantor who owned a real estate firm whose family emigrated from Hungary in early 1900s. He is a Jew and his maternal grandfather is from Romania. He registered himself in George Washington University and interned under Tom Bliley, House Republican from Virginia. Later, he acquired his jurist doctor degree from William and Mary Law School and earned his Masters in Real Estate Development from Columbia University. He worked with his family business for a decade learning and making the legal works and real estate development. In the year 2010, he became the majority leader and leads the congressional advocate for the U.S. in opposition to the world insisting on tea party. Tea party is the humorous version of "taxed enough already".