In what year did the former chairman of the 2016 Clinton campaign found a firm in D.C.?
Podesta Group The Podesta Group is a lobbying and public affairs firm based in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1988 by brothers John Podesta and Tony Podesta and has previously been known as Podesta Associates, podesta.com and PodestaMattoon. The firm most recently reorganized in January 2007 after current Chairman Tony Podesta split with former business partner Dan Mattoon.
Charles R. Black Jr. Charles R. Black Jr. (born 1947), is the current Chairman of Prime Policy Group, a public affairs firm which is a subsidiary of Burson-Marsteller Global Public Relations. Prime Policy Group was formed with the merger of Martin B. Gold 's Gold & Liebengood with the Washington, DC-based lobbying firm he co-founded—Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly—with Paul Manafort, Roger J. Stone and Peter G. Kelly. In 2010, Black was inducted into the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Hall of Fame.