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### Early Life, Goldman Sachs, and Entry to Congress
Himes was born in Lima, where his American father worked for the [[Ford Foundation]] and [[UNICEF]]; he spent his early childhood in Peru and [[Colombia]] before the family settled in the United States. He attended [[Harvard University]] and won a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] to [[Oxford University]], where he studied Latin America. He then joined [[Goldman Sachs]], spending roughly twelve years at the bank and rising to vice president, working extensively in Latin America and heading the bank's telecommunications-technology group. After leaving Goldman he ran the New York City branch of the affordable-housing nonprofit [[Enterprise Community Partners]].[^3]
Himes was born in Lima, where his American father worked for the [[Ford Foundation]] and [[UNICEF]]; he spent his early childhood in Peru and [[Colombia]] before the family settled in the United States. He attended [[Harvard University]] and won a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] to [[Oxford University]], where he studied [[Latin America]]. He then joined [[Goldman Sachs]], spending roughly twelve years at the bank and rising to vice president, working extensively in Latin America and heading the bank's telecommunications-technology group. After leaving Goldman he ran the New York City branch of the affordable-housing nonprofit [[Enterprise Community Partners]].[^3]
Himes was first elected to Congress in November 2008, unseating the long-serving Republican incumbent [[Christopher Shays]] in the [[Connecticut]] 4th, a wealthy district anchored by [[Greenwich]] and the Fairfield County financial-services corridor. He took office in January 2009 and has been reelected to successive terms, serving on the [[House Financial Services Committee]] alongside his intelligence assignment. Within the [[Democratic Party]] he has been associated with the centrist, finance-friendly [[New Democrat Coalition]], which he chaired.[^3]