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Paul G. Haaga, Jr. | |
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| Residence(s) | La Cañada Flintridge, California, U.S. |
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Paul G. Haaga, Jr. is an American businessman who was the acting CEO ofNPR from 2013 to 2014. He is the former chairman and director ofCapital Research and Management Company. He retired from Capital Group at the end of 2012. Haaga is also the chair of theFacebook Oversight Board.
Haaga earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics fromPrinceton University, an M.B.A. from theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and aJuris Doctor from theUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School.[1]
Haaga worked as senior attorney for the division of investment management of theU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 1974 to 1977 before joining international law firmDechert, where he was a partner at the Washington, D.C. office. He joined Capital in 1985.
While at Capital Group, Haaga served as chairman of the board of governors of theInvestment Company Institute, the trade association for the mutual fund industry.[2] He is credited with helping to restore the industry's reputation after the market timing scandal of 2003.
He has also served as president of the board of trustees of theLos Angeles County Museum of Natural History, director of NPR, chairman of the board of overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, president and major gifts chair for Princeton's class of 1970, and a trustee of thePrinceton Rugby endowment. He has also taught a course on mutual fund regulation atStanford Law School.
On September 13, 2013, Haaga was appointed acting CEO of National Public Radio (NPR).[3]
On July 1, 2014, Haaga was named to theTrustees of Princeton University to serve an eight-year term as a charter trustee.[4]
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| Preceded by | President and CEO ofNational Public Radio 2013–2014 | Succeeded by |