High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jon Leibowitz (born June 17, 1958) is the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an independent agency of the United States Government. He was sworn in as a Commissioner on September 3, 2004, and designated Chairman on March 2, 2009 by President Barack H. Obama. He was confirmed for a second term by the U.S. Senate on March 29, 2012.