Paul Pelosi Jr』s Adventures in Pennyland

Paul Pelosi Jr』s Adventures in Pennyland
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In mid-January 2022, British tabloid the Daily Mail published a long story about U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi』s son Paul Jr, in which it was alleged that he』d been involved in a number of shady businesses, some of them targets of Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and enforcement actions. The piece was subsequently picked up by the NY Post and several Republican political organs. We』ll take a look to see if there』s any fire to go along with all the smoke.

Paul Pelosi Jr is the only son of Nancy and Paul Pelosi; their other four children are daughters. (One of them, Alexandra, memorably said of her mother on CNN: 「She』ll cut your head off and you won』t even know you』re bleeding.」) Like his siblings, Paul isn』t a kid; he』s 52 and has worked as an attorney and environmentalist since he was in his 20s. He graduated from Georgetown University and has been a member of the California Bar since 1996 and a California real estate broker since 2002. He』s been fairly low-profile in his business and personal life. His sisters Christine and Alexandra are better-known.

At LinkedIn, Paul lists Due Diligence, Corporate Finance, Start-ups, Corporate Development, Venture Capital, New Business Development, Investment Banking, and more as 「skills」 he possesses, and at which he presumably excels. Early in his career, he worked for Bank of America, but more recently, he』s been associated with smaller enterprises, some of them startups. As everyone who follows the OTC market knows, that choice can present its own dangers.

The Mail says that Paul 「was involved in five companies probed by federal agencies—but has never been charged himself,」 adding that 「[a] shocking paper trail shows Paul Pelosi Jr.』s connections to a host of fraudsters, rule-breakers and convicted criminals.」