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Born | James Richard Wilkinson 1970 (age 54–55) Tenaha, Texas, U.S. |
Education | University of Texas at Arlington (BBA) Johns Hopkins University (MS) |
James Richard Wilkinson (born 1970) is an American political advisor who served as the chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson during the George W. Bush administration. He had previously served in the White House as deputy communications director and as an aide to then National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. Overall, Wilkinson was a "well-traveled utility man for the Bush administration's PR team".[1]
Wilkinson left politics after the 2008 financial crisis, and now works in public relations. He served The Brunswick Group as a Managing Partner from January 2009 to April 2012, when he joined PepsiCo as Executive Vice President of Communications.
In 2011, he was portrayed in the HBO film Too Big to Fail by actor Topher Grace.
Wilkinson works as chairman and CEO of TrailRunner International,[2][3] as well as the chairman of Mountain Lion Aviation, an airline based in Sierra Nevada region.[4] He was previously the senior vice president and head of international corporate affairs for the Alibaba Group.[5]
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The team at TrailRunner International, with CEO Jim Wilkinson sitting in blue on the right.
"There can be no doubt that women's sports simply do not get the same financial resources as men's sports", said Mountain Lion Aviation Chairman, Jim Wilkinson.
Jim Wilkinson will be based in the San Francisco area and will be charged with building and leading Alibaba Group's international corporate affairs team, Alibaba said in a statement.
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