Lipper, Ken

Kenneth Lipper (born June 19, 1941) has worked as a lawyer, investment banker, stockbroker, writer and film producer. He is best known for his brokerage firm, Lipper & Company; writing the novelizations of the films Wall Street and City Hall; and for serving, during the 1980s, under Mayor Ed Koch, as New York City Deputy Mayor for Finance and Economic Development for two years, then as a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioner during 2013–2017. He is chairman of Lipper & Co, an investment bank and investment management company. Previously, he was a general partner at Lehman Brothers and Salomon Brothers, and an adjunct professor at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs in the field of international economics. He is Chairman of Lipper & Co, an investment bank and investment management company. Lipper won an Academy Award in 1998 for producing the Best Documentary Feature.