- 53rd Governor of New York (1995-2007), first elected in 1994 and re-elected in 1998 and 2002; he decided not to run for a fourth term in 2006 and has been replaced by Democrat Eliot Spitzer. Prior to his stint as governor of the Empire State, he served as mayor of his hometown, Peekskill, for 10 years.
- Of Hungarian, Irish and Italian ancestry.
- Children: Emily Pataki, Teddy Pataki, Allison Pataki and George Owen Pataki.
- Yale University (1967); Columbia Law School (1970)
- Chairman of Revere America.
- Father-in-law of Dr. David Levy, who married daughter Allison Pataki, on September 24, 2011 in Essex, New York.
- Founder of the "Pataki-Cahill Group".
- Member of New York State Legislature (1985-1994).
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