Bart Chilton
Bart Chilton | |
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Member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission | |
In office August 8, 2007 – March 21, 2014 | |
President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Reuben Jeffery III |
Succeeded by | Sharon Y. Bowen |
Personal details | |
Born | Bartholomew Hamilton Chilton May 1, 1960 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
Died | April 27, 2019 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 58)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Sherry Daggett Chilton |
Education | Purdue University (1979-1982) |
Profession | Civil service |
Bartholomew Hamilton Chilton[1][2] (May 1, 1960 – April 27, 2019) was an American civil servant.
He was Commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 2007 to 2014. In April 2014, he joined DLA Piper as a Senior Policy Advisor. He was the author of the investment fraud book, Ponzimonium: How Scam Artists Are Ripping Off America. Chilton was a vocal supporter of position limits in commodities markets. He exposed manipulation practices in commodities markets and went on record as wanting to prosecute violations of law, which he believed had taken place in the silver market.
Early life
Chilton was born in
After high school, Chilton worked at a
Government career
Chilton worked in the
Chilton was one of the five CFTC commissioners from August 2007,
In early 2010, he was contacted by
Chilton believed violations of law have taken place in the silver futures market
On April 15, 2011, Chilton issued a statement against legislation to delay the
In July 2013, Chilton replaced outgoing Commissioner Jill Sommers as Chair of the Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC).[14][15] [16]
Media career
Chilton joined RT America in 2018 as host of Russian network's financial television show Boom Bust.[17]
Death
Chilton died from complications of pancreatic cancer on April 27, 2019, at a hospital in Washington, D.C.[18]
Personal life
Chilton was married to Sherry Daggett Chilton, and in his last years lived in Gulf Breeze, Florida.[19] A distinctive figure in his political and media career, he sported shoulder-length blond hair and liked to wear cowboy boots.[5]
References
- ^ "Bartholomew H. Chilton". C-SPAN. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ "Bartholomew Chilton Obituary - Arlington, VA".
- ^ a b c d e f Bart Chilton biography CFTC official website. Retrieved May 7, 2011
- ^ "Ponzimonium Revisited: An Interview from the Front Lines of the Battle against Investment Fraud". September 3, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h CFTC's Energy-Industry Gadfly Gets His Way" The Wall Street Journal (June 12, 2010). Retrieved May 8, 2011
- ^ "The Thomas H. Chilton Award" Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Educational Resources for Particle Technology. Retrieved May 8, 2011
- ^ George E. Holbrook, Biography of Thomas Hamilton Chilton Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Vol. 1, pp. 19-25 (1979). The National Academies Press. Retrieved May 9, 2011
- ^ Bart Chilton, Remarks at the CFTC hearing to examine trading on regulated exchanges and exempt commercial markets, CFTC website. "Dark Markets" (September 18, 2007)
- ^ a b c d Eric King, Interview with Andrew Maguire and GATA board member Adrian Douglas Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine King World News (March 30, 2010). Retrieved May 6, 2011
- ^ a b E-mail exchange between Maguire and the CFTC Archived 2011-04-30 at the Wayback Machine King World News (January 26, 2010 - February 9, 2010). Retrieved May 4, 2011
- ^ Asjylyn Loder and Pham-Duy Nguyen, "Silver Subject to Price Manipulation, Chilton Says" Bloomberg (October 26, 2010). Retrieved May 7, 2011
- ^ William D. Cohan, "A Conspiracy With a Silver Lining" The New York Times (March 2, 2011). Retrieved May 7, 2011
- ^ Bart Chilton, "Statement Regarding H.R. 1573" CFTC website. (April 15, 2011). Retrieved May 9, 2011
- ^ "Cadwalader Cabinet | Find Know Do". www.findknowdo.com.
- ^ "Global Markets Advisory Committee | U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION". www.cftc.gov.
- ^ "Global Markets Advisory Committee | U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION". www.cftc.gov.
- ^ Stafford, Philip (April 29, 2019). "Bart Chilton, former CFTC commissioner, 1960-2019". Financial Times.
- ^ Waller, Hailey; Baker, Nick (May 1, 2019). "Bart Chilton, Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner, dies at 58". The Washington Post. Bloomberg News. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "Bart Chilton, former CFTC commissioner, 1960-2019". Financial Times. April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
External links
- Complete list of Chilton's speeches as CFTC commissioner Commodity Futures Trading Commission, official website. Retrieved May 9, 2011
- BartChilton.com Personal website.