Why Wall Street's top cop thinks it's time to get tough
In a recent interview with NPR, S.E.C. Chairman Gary Gensler says one of his top priorities is protecting amateur investors as his agency unveils a number of tough new rules and investigations.
In his new job as Wall Street's top cop, Gary Gensler often thinks about one of his grandfather's favorite aphorisms.
"Ellis Tilles would say, 'Figures don't lie, but liars sure can figure," Gensler told NPR in a recent interview, noting that his grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from Lithuania at age 17.
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission first heard that adage when he was a kid, growing up in Baltimore.
And although he didn't know his grandfather well,that saying has become a kind of guiding principle as he vows to bring
