In 1996 , at the age of 25 , Benjamin was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Congress from New York 's 8th district , covering parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn . Although he lost the race , Benjamin received notable endorsements from Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and the '' New York Post '' . The chairman of the campaign was John C. Whitehead , former chairman of Goldman Sachs & Co. and of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York . Whitehead went on to head the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation , the organization in charge of rebuilding the World Trade Center after September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Michael Benjamin (investor)