Ezra's Research

Ahem.

It is not every 31-year-old who, in a first government job, finds himself dismantling General Motors and rewriting the rules of American capitalism. ... “He’s got this beard that appears and disappears,” says Steven Rattner, one of the leaders of President Obama’s automotive task force.

—"The 31-Year-Old in Charge of Dismantling G.M.," New York Times, 31 May 09.

Emphasis mine.