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2025-04-22
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In April 2025, Tenet joined the board of directors of Illumio, a breach containment and Zero Trust cybersecurity company. Illumio CEO Andrew Rubin stated Tenet had 'been a mentor, advisor, and supporter of Illumio…
2025-04-08
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In April 2025, Tenet was named Executive Chairman of CHAOS Industries, a defense technology startup founded in 2022 by his son John Tenet, Dr. Bo Marr, Gavin Hood, and Brett Cummings. In May 2025, CHAOS raised $275M in…
2013-08-19
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Tenet served as a long-time advisor to Palantir Technologies alongside Condoleezza Rice. In-Q-Tel was an early Palantir investor, putting $2 million into the company. Tenet stated in an interview: 'I wish we had a tool…
2008-02-01
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In February 2008, Tenet became a Managing Director at the secretive investment bank Allen & Company, a position that was not publicly announced and only became known through a leak. He served 17 years at Allen &…
2007-05-07
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After leaving the CIA in July 2004 at age 51, Tenet received at least $2.3 million in stock and compensation from defense/intelligence contractors whose boards he joined. His post-CIA board seats included L-1 Identity…
2007-04-30
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Tenet received a reported $4 million advance from HarperCollins for his 2007 memoir 'At the Center of the Storm.' He also commanded a speaking fee of $50,000 per corporate engagement. The memoir drew sharp criticism…
2006-09-05
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George Tenet filed filing with the SEC on 2006-09-05. Accession number: N/A.
2006-06-15
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SAIC (one of the largest U.S. intelligence contractors) provided Tenet a secure SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) to review and work with classified material while writing his memoir. Arnold Punaro…
2004-12-14
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On December 14, 2004, President Bush awarded Tenet the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. The award drew widespread criticism, with some calling it 'hush money.' In 2007, former CIA…
2004-06-15
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Tenet earned a BSFS (1976) from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and an MIA (1978) from Columbia University School of International Affairs. He was appointed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of…
2002-12-21
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Tenet told President George W. Bush in the Oval Office that the case for Iraq possessing WMD was a 'slam dunk' — a phrase that became synonymous with the flawed intelligence used to justify the Iraq War. Tenet later…
1999-09-29
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In 1999, Tenet created In-Q-Tel, the CIA's nonprofit venture-capital arm, bringing in investment banker A.B. 'Buzzy' Krongard (former head of Alex Brown & Co.) to help structure the firm. In-Q-Tel was publicly…
1997-06-15
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Tenet served as Staff Director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1985 to 1992, Senior Director for Intelligence Programs at the National Security Council (1993–1995), Deputy Director of Central…
1997-05-08
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During Tenet's 1997 confirmation hearing, it emerged that he had failed to disclose telephone company stocks jointly owned with his mother and brother, plus a quarter-share of condominiums in Athens, Greece (worth at…
1953-01-05
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George Tenet was born January 5, 1953, in Flushing, Queens, New York, the son of Greek immigrants. His father, born in the ethnic Greek community of Himara, Albania, worked in a coal mine in France before arriving in…
