Conrad Chang

Conrad Cheng 程民强
Business Executive
Conrad Chang in an official US government portrait in 2045
Chairman and CEO, Kleinman Chang
In Office	25 Sep 2049 - Present
Chief of Staff	TBD
Preceded by	TBD
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Salary	$33,457,000 (2054)
91st United States Secretary of the Treasury
In Office	15 Feb 2045 - 19 Jan 2049
President	Bryan Ellison
Preceded by	Karlton Haney
Succeeded by	John Sadasivan
Special Advisor to the US Federal Reserve
In Office	7 Jun 2042 - 19 Mar 2044
Chairman	Timothy Su
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Managing Director, Perella Weinberg & Partners
In Office	21 Jul 2035 - 10 Jan 2045
CEO	Bradley Chou
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal Information
Born	26 June 1989 (age 66) Irvine, California United States of America
Nationality	United States
Affiliations	Democratic Party
Net Worth	$762 million (2055 estimate)
Spouse	Heather Jin (m. 2021, div. 2031) Lin Chang (m. 2037) Caryn Williams-Chang (m. 2043)
Issue	TBD
Education	UCLA (BA) University of Pennsylvania (MBA)

Conrad Man-Keong Chang (Traditional Chinese: 程民强, born 26 June 1989) is an Chinese-American business executive and financier who previously served as the 91st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 15 February 2045 to 19 January 2049 during the administration of President Bryan Ellison.

After leaving office, Chang co-founded the strategy consulting firm Kleinman Chang with Morris Kleinman, and has been serving as the firm's CEO since its incorporation on 25 September 2049. He previously spent more than 25 years working at the investment bank Perella Weinberg Partners, eventually rising to the rank of Managing Director and spearheading much of the firm's China-facing capital raising operations.

Chang is regarded as a foremost expert in cross-border financing and deal structuring between the United States and China, and is frequently consulted by top financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and the US federal government on matters involving complex multi-jurisdictional legal structures and deeply interwoven relationship webs. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, Kleinman Chang has been responsible for driving more than $10 trillion in foreign direct investment from China into the United States, resulting in the creation of hundreds of thousands of American jobs.

"I love the private sector because I love making deals. I joined the government in order to serve the country, but my true calling has always been right here in the business world.

In government, it was always about telling people what they couldn't do. In business, it's about what we can to together. I love it when we can work out win-win outcomes for all parties. Business can be cut-throat, or it can be harmonious - it really depends on how you choose to approach it."

Conrad Chang

Interview with MSNBC

8 July 2054

While serving in the Ellison Administration, Chang frequently contradicted President Ellison on taxation, benefits and the role of the welfare state. He stated that the Ellison's "deference to the tax and spend lobby within the Democratic Party [was] unsustainable", and argued strongly that the United States' "addiction to credit" was the root cause of the 2029 debt default which triggered the Second Great Depression in the 2030s. He also stated that the administration's plan to increase the federal minimum wage from $8.15 to $12.75 an hour was "dangerous" and "could lead to massive unemployment". In response to his refusal to toe the administration's line, Ellison stated that "constructive criticism and robust debate are a healthy part of a high-performance organizational culture... they help to prevent group-think".

In the 2048 election cycle, Chang refused to endorse President Ellison's bid for re-election, and stated that he would resign his post if requested to do by Ellison. When Senator Nick Merson won the Democratic nomination in August, there was speculation that he might tap Chang to be his running-mate. However, Chang ruled himself out, stating that he had no desire to become Vice President, and that he was "completely focused" on his job at the Treasury Department.

In February 2052, Chang announced that an agreement had been reached between Kleinman Chang and the state of California for the firm to act as a trustee and investment advisor for the newly-established sovereign wealth fund Sunshine Capital. Between 2052 to 2055, Kleinman Chang has raised more than $170 billion in capital for Sunshine Capital via medium and long-term bond issuances.