Donald Trump's pick of Wilbur Ross to head the Commerce Department is a bit controversial. Ross is a so-called vulture investor who most recently has invested in troubled banks in the U.S. and Europe.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross failed to sell a bank stock holding within the required time frame after his 2017 confirmation and subsequently signed ethics documents indicating the holding had ...

Wilbur Ross owned stock in a company with close ties to Putin associates. Now he’s facing questions about what he did with it. June 20, 2018 More than 7 years ago ...

Wilbur Ross was born on Nov. 28, 1937, in New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1959 and an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1961 before taking an internship on Wall ...

Wilbur Ross, tapped as the next Commerce secretary by President-elect Donald Trump, has been hailed as “the king of bankruptcy,” a nod to his legendary knack for buying troubled companies ...

Wilbur Ross became rich investing in faltering businesses like steel mills and coal mines, finding a fortune in blue-collar industries that others dismissed as beyond saving.

As President-elect Donald Trump considers who should fill the country’s key economic roles, Wilbur Ross is said to be a top contender to lead the Commerce Department. An ally during Trump’s ...

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross arrived in Washington, D.C., in February 2017 as one of President Trump’s richest advisors. After years of piling up assets, the private equity mogul assured ...

Between the November election and January inauguration, Ross quietly moved a chunk of assets into trusts for his family members, leaving more than $2 billion off of his financial disclosure report ...

Trump Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says he doesn't 'understand' why federal workers lining up at food banks. Wilbur Ross also criticized air traffic controllers who have called out sick.

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reached a confidential settlement with an ex-business partner roughly a week after being subpoenaed for documents that would have called his truthfulness into ...