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'''Robert A. Day Jr.''' is an [[American]] [[billionaire]] [[businessman]].
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'''Robert Addison Day Jr.''' is an [[American]] [[billionaire]] [[businessman]]. He was the founder and former Chairman and [[chief executive officer]] of [[Trust Company of the West]] until 2009. He serves as the Chairman and President of the [[W. M. Keck Foundation]]. Indicating that there might be something more to his career, is the fact that he sat on the [[President's Intelligence Advisory Board]] from 2001 to 2003.
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==Early life==
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Robert Addison Day is the grandson of [[Superior Oil Company]] founder [[William Myron Keck]].<ref name="haute">[http://www.hauteliving.com/robert-addison-day/ Haute Living profile]</ref><ref name="nndb">http://www.nndb.com/people/816/000118462/ NNDB profile</ref> He was born in 1943 in [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref name="nndb"/> He received a Bachelor of Science in economics from [[Claremont McKenna College]] in 1965.<ref name="brookings"/><ref name="claremont">http://online.cmc.edu/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?&id=39</ref>  He was enrolled in ROTC while at Claremont McKenna College.
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==Career==
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Day started his career at the financial firm White, Weld and Company in [[New York City]].<ref name="brookings"/> In 1971, he founded the Trust Company of the West.<ref name="brookings"/><ref name="forbes"/> In 2001, he sold 70% of it to the [[Société Générale]] for $2.5 billion.<ref name="forbes">https://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/54/NMTE.html</ref>
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Day serves on the Board of Directors of [[Freeport-McMoRan]], [[Fisher Scientific]], and Société Générale.<ref name="brookings"/><ref name="nndb"/> He also sits on the Board of Trustees of the [http://www.thepresidency.org/ Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress] and the [[Brookings Institution]], where he was Chairman from 1990 to 1998.<ref name="brookings"/><ref name="claremont"/> He is a member of the [[Business Council]].<ref name="brookings">https://web.archive.org/web/20141129040610/http://www.brookings.edu/media/NewsReleases/1998/19980706rday.aspx</ref> From 2001 to 2003, he sat on the [[President's Intelligence Advisory Board]].<ref name="nndb"/> He is also a member of the [[Alfalfa Club]], the [[ California Club]], the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]], and the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref name="nndb"/>
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As of September 2011, he is worth US$1.2. billion, and he is the 283rd richest person in the [[United States]].<ref name="forbes"/> He owns 600,000 acres of timberland in [[Florida]].<ref name="forbes"/>
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==Political activities and donations to alma mater==
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In October 2006, Day hosted a fundraiser with then-President [[George W. Bush]], which raised US$1 million for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref name="gabrielsnyder">Gabriel Snyder, [https://variety.com/2006/scene/news/inside-move-h-wood-picks-side-in-campaign-fund-fight-1117951312/ Inside Move: H'wood picks side in campaign fund fight], ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', October 04, 2006</ref> In 2015, Day donated $1.1 million to Super PACs supporting Republican presidential candidates [[Jeb Bush]] and [[Carly Fiorina]].<ref name=mddonors>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/top-presidential-donors-campaign-money.html</ref>
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In 2007, Day made a gift of $200 million to his alma mater [[Claremont McKenna College]].<ref>http://online.cmc.edu/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?&id=396</ref><ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/27/local/me-claremont27</ref>
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He serves as the Chairman and President of the W. M. Keck Foundation.
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==Personal life==
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Day is currently married to Marlyn Day formerly known as Marlyn Gates. He has 3 children and lives in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].
 
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Latest revision as of 07:09, 4 July 2021

Person.png Robert Day   Keywiki NNDBRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(businessman)
Robert Day.jpg
Born1943
Los Angeles, California
NationalityUS
Alma materClaremont McKenna College
Children3
SpouseKelly Day
Member ofBrookings Institution, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, PIAB

Robert Addison Day Jr. is an American billionaire businessman. He was the founder and former Chairman and chief executive officer of Trust Company of the West until 2009. He serves as the Chairman and President of the W. M. Keck Foundation. Indicating that there might be something more to his career, is the fact that he sat on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board from 2001 to 2003.

Early life

Robert Addison Day is the grandson of Superior Oil Company founder William Myron Keck.[1][2] He was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California.[2] He received a Bachelor of Science in economics from Claremont McKenna College in 1965.[3][4] He was enrolled in ROTC while at Claremont McKenna College.

Career

Day started his career at the financial firm White, Weld and Company in New York City.[3] In 1971, he founded the Trust Company of the West.[3][5] In 2001, he sold 70% of it to the Société Générale for $2.5 billion.[5]

Day serves on the Board of Directors of Freeport-McMoRan, Fisher Scientific, and Société Générale.[3][2] He also sits on the Board of Trustees of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and the Brookings Institution, where he was Chairman from 1990 to 1998.[3][4] He is a member of the Business Council.[3] From 2001 to 2003, he sat on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.[2] He is also a member of the Alfalfa Club, the California Club, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Council on Foreign Relations.[2]

As of September 2011, he is worth US$1.2. billion, and he is the 283rd richest person in the United States.[5] He owns 600,000 acres of timberland in Florida.[5]

Political activities and donations to alma mater

In October 2006, Day hosted a fundraiser with then-President George W. Bush, which raised US$1 million for the Republican Party.[6] In 2015, Day donated $1.1 million to Super PACs supporting Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina.[7]

In 2007, Day made a gift of $200 million to his alma mater Claremont McKenna College.[8][9]

He serves as the Chairman and President of the W. M. Keck Foundation.

Personal life

Day is currently married to Marlyn Day formerly known as Marlyn Gates. He has 3 children and lives in Los Angeles, California.

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/198625 April 198627 April 1986Scotland
Gleneagles Hotel		The 34th Bilderberg, 109 participants
Bilderberg/199010 May 199013 May 1990New York
US
Glen Cove		38th Bilderberg meeting, 119 guests
Bilderberg/199221 May 199224 May 1992France
Royal Club Evian
Evian-les-Bains		The 40th Bilderberg. It had 121 participants.
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References

  1. ↑ Haute Living profile
  2. ↑ a b c d e http://www.nndb.com/people/816/000118462/ NNDB profile
  3. ↑ a b c d e f https://web.archive.org/web/20141129040610/http://www.brookings.edu/media/NewsReleases/1998/19980706rday.aspx
  4. ↑ a b http://online.cmc.edu/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?&id=39
  5. ↑ a b c d https://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/54/NMTE.html
  6. ↑ Gabriel Snyder, Inside Move: H'wood picks side in campaign fund fight, Variety, October 04, 2006
  7. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/top-presidential-donors-campaign-money.html
  8. ↑ http://online.cmc.edu/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?&id=396
  9. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/27/local/me-claremont27
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