# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-h-donaldson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:49:00.098Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-h-donaldson"
name: "William H. Donaldson"
slug: "william-h-donaldson"
description: "William Henry Donaldson was an American businessman who was the 27th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), serving from February 2003 to June 2005. He served as Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs in the Nixon Administration, as a special adviser to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, and chairman, President and CEO of Aetna. Donaldson founded Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette."
tagline: "Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Henry_Donaldson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-06-02"
deathDate: "2024-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.761197333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7H%C2%B7%E5%94%90%E7%BA%B3%E6%A3%AE"
    title: "威廉·H·唐纳森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%86._%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ویلیام ایچ. دونالدزون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Donaldson"
    title: "William H. Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Donaldson"
    title: "William H. Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Donaldson"
    title: "William H. Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Donaldson"
    title: "William H. Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Donaldson"
    title: "William H. Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Donaldson"
    title: "William H. Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Donaldson"
    title: "William H. Donaldson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Вільям Г. Дональдсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8010383"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump