Josh King

Joshua A. "Josh" King (born July 12, 1965) is an American author and political advisor. He is currently serving as the managing director & head of corporate affairs at Citadel LLC. He served as the Director of Production for Presidential Events at the White House during Bill Clinton's administration.

Josh King
Director of Production for Presidential Events at the White House
In office 1993–1997
President	Bill Clinton
Personal details
Born	(1965-07-12) July 12, 1965 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Amy Theobald
Education	Swarthmore College (BA)

Early life and education

King was born in Boston, Massachusetts. The son of Dr. Howard King, a pediatrician, and Phyllis King, a social worker, he was raised in Newton, Massachusetts and graduated from Newton South High School. King graduated from Swarthmore College in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government. He later completed the program for global leadership at Harvard Business School in 1999.

Career

King began his career in Washington, D.C. working on the presidential campaign of Illinois Senator Paul Simon starting in 1987. He then joined the presidential campaign of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, based in Boston, Massachusetts.

After working for Boatphone in the British Virgin Islands, Antiqua, and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida from 1989 through 1991, King joined the presidential campaign of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton in 1992. From 1993 to 1997 King held several positions during the Clinton White House, including associate director of scheduling for the president, and director of production for presidential events.

King chronicled his work in the White House, along with an analysis of the evolution of presidential stagecraft, in his 2016 book Off Script: An Advance Man’s Guide to White House Stagecraft, Campaign Spectacle, and Political Suicide. He also wrote about the craft of political image making in articles in The Washington Post, Men’s Vogue, Fortune, The Verge, Brill’s Content, Time, and the Dallas Morning News. He also created and produced a television pilot about the White House for Lifetime Television and wrote “Stewart’s Charge,” the Season 2, Episode 18 of the NBC drama “American Dreams.” From 2001 through 2014, King and Adam Belmar created and hosted a weekly show on SiriusXM Satellite Radio entitled “Polioptics: The Theater of Politics.” The show ran for 159 episodes.

King began his career in corporate communications as vice president of media and community relations for The Hartford Financial Services Group from 2003 to 2009. He then served as senior vice president of communications and marketing for Willis Group Holdings from 2009 through 2014. He joined First Data Corporation as senior vice president for global communications and corporate affairs from 2015 through 2017. From 2018 through 2024, he held the position of chief communications officer of Intercontinental Exchange, known as ICE, and from 2022 through 2024 also held the role of head of corporate affairs for the New York Stock Exchange, an ICE subsidiary. While at ICE, King created and hosted the NYSE’s official podcast, Inside the ICE House, which produced 433 episodes over seven seasons during his tenure.

In August, 2024, King was appointed managing director and head of corporate affairs of Citadel, the hedge fund founded by Ken Griffin in 1990.

Personal life

King lives in New York City and in Windham, New York with his wife Amy Theobald, a psychologist with the New York Police Department, and their two children. He also serves on the Board of Directors of American History Unbound and The Windham Foundation, and on the National Advisory Board of Blue Star Families, supporting active duty and veteran military families.