When it comes to power, influence, and a complicated love life, Peter Orszag is a name that checks every box. A former Obama official turned Wall Street heavyweight, Orszag has managed to keep himself in elite circles while juggling a rather eventful personal life. With two marriages, a high-profile child support battle, and a surprise baby just weeks before his engagement, his story reads like a high-stakes political drama—but with private jets and six-figure tuition bills.
So, who exactly are the women who have shared their lives with him? And how did he go from being the wonky Director of the Office of Management and Budget to tabloid fodder? Let’s break it all down.
The First Wife: Cameron Rachel Hamill
Before he became the high-powered Citigroup executive and Council on Foreign Relations fellow, Peter Orszag was just another ambitious policy wonk in D.C. That’s when he married Cameron Rachel Hamill, also known in some reports as Cameron Kennedy. Details about their relationship remain scarce, but what’s clear is that they had two children together before divorcing in 2006.
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Their post-divorce relationship was anything but amicable. A few years after their split, Cameron took Orszag to court in a messy child support battle that revealed just how lucrative his post-White House career had become. In 2013, Orszag was raking in $3.1 million annually from Citigroup, a figure he reportedly fought to keep out of the public eye. By the following year, he expected to earn nearly $4 million—numbers that fueled Cameron’s argument that she deserved $22,000 a month in child support.
Her lawyer, Gregory Nugent, didn’t hold back, accusing Orszag of “using money as a weapon” against his ex-wife. Meanwhile, Orszag’s legal team dismissed the demand as “backdoor alimony cloaked as child support.” The case painted a vivid picture of their wildly different lifestyles: Cameron, who earned a respectable $350,000 a year as a McKinsey consultant, claimed she lived under far more stressful conditions compared to Orszag’s posh Manhattan apartment and private jet vacations.
The court ultimately ruled in Orszag’s favor, reinforcing a trust fund he had already set up for the children’s education instead of the direct payments Cameron demanded. But let’s be honest: no one came out looking good in this battle.
The Surprise Baby & The Ex-Girlfriend: Claire Milonas
In case that wasn’t enough drama, 2009 added a whole new chapter to Orszag’s love life. That year, he welcomed a daughter with Claire Milonas, a wealthy New York venture capitalist and the daughter of shipping tycoon Spiros Milonas.
Here’s where things get really interesting: the baby was born just weeks before Orszag got engaged to his second wife, Bianna Golodryga.
While it’s unclear when Orszag and Milonas split, the timing raised plenty of eyebrows. Did Bianna know about the pregnancy before saying yes? How did Claire feel about Orszag moving on so quickly? These are questions we may never get answers to, but one thing is certain—Orszag was making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
The Second Wife: Bianna Golodryga
In 2010, Orszag tied the knot with Bianna Golodryga, then the co-host of ABC’s GMA Weekend and a well-respected financial journalist. Their wedding, officiated by Rabbi Sarah H. Reines, was a star-studded affair at Capitale in New York.
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Bianna, who immigrated from Moldova as a child, had built an impressive career in broadcast journalism. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, and her parents were equally accomplished—her mother, Zhanna Golodryga, was an executive at BHP Billiton, while her father, Vitaly Golodryga, was a former engineer at DuPont.
When they got married, Orszag had just stepped down as Obama’s OMB director and was moving into the private sector. It was a power couple match made in D.C.-Wall Street heaven—a prominent journalist and an economist with deep political ties.
They soon welcomed a son and a daughter, adding to Orszag’s growing number of children. But despite their seemingly happy marriage, questions lingered about how much Bianna knew about Orszag’s previous entanglements before they tied the knot.
Did she care about the messy child support drama with Cameron? What about the fact that he had just had a baby with another woman right before proposing? Whatever her thoughts were, she never publicly commented on it—perhaps a sign that she preferred to keep her personal life out of the headlines.
Orszag: The Power Player Who Kept Winning
Despite the messy personal drama, Orszag’s career never took a hit. After leaving the Obama administration, he cashed in big at Citigroup, earning millions while advising the bank on policy and economics. He also secured a contributing columnist gig at The New York Times, proving that his reputation as a policy expert remained intact.
If anything, Orszag’s ability to navigate scandal while maintaining elite status is impressive. Many political figures with far less controversy have been canceled, sidelined, or forced into obscurity—but not him. He played the Washington game well, trading his government experience for lucrative private-sector roles, and his messy personal life never really affected his influence.
