Mark Rockefeller
Mark Rockefeller | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mark Fitler Rockefeller January 26, 1967 |
| Education | Deerfield Academy |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Harvard University |
| Spouse(s) | Renee Anne Anisko
(m. 1998; div. 2020) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Nelson Rockefeller Margaretta "Happy" Fitler |
| Relatives | See Rockefeller family |
Mark Fitler Rockefeller (born January 26, 1967) is a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family. He is the younger son of former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908–1979) and Happy Rockefeller (1926–2015). He is the grandson of American financer John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the great grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller was chairman of the board of directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in 2010.[1]
Early life[]
Rockefeller grew up at Kykuit, the central mansion at his family's estate in Pocantico, Westchester County, in New York State. He is an alumnus of the Buckley School, Deerfield Academy (1985), Princeton University (BA 1989), and Harvard University (MBA 1996).[2] He played football, basketball, and baseball at Deerfield, and played football at Princeton as a walk-on.[3]
Career[]
Rockefeller and his ex-wife own South Fork Lodge and South Fork Outfitters, both in Swan Valley, Idaho.[4] Previously, he was an associate in the Acquisition Finance Group at Chase Securities, Inc.
In 1999 he was elected chairman of the non-profit organization, Historic Hudson Valley, [2] an organization founded in 1951 by his grandfather, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Rockefeller's older brother, Nelson Rockefeller Jr., has also served on its board.[5]
In a 2013 article about Federal farm subsidy programs, the New York Post reported that 1,500 affluent New Yorkers had received payments. Among them was Rockefeller, who received $342,634 in taxpayer money over the course of ten years from 2001 to 2011 for allowing farmland to return to its natural condition.[6]
Personal life[]
In 1998, Rockefeller married Renee Anne Anisko (born 1968) at the Church of the Magdalene in Pocantico Hills. She has a Juris Doctor degree cum laude from Temple University Beasley School of Law.[4] They have four children.[7] They divorced in 2020.
References[]
- ^ 2010 Board of Directors. Archived 2010-06-25 at the Wayback Machine National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ a b "About Sponsor Direct - Management Team". Sponsor Direct, LLC. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ William N. Wallace (15 October 1988). "College Football Notebook; Many Points Likely at Army". The New York Times.
- ^ a b "Weddings; Renee Anisko, Mark Rockefeller". The New York Times. 17 May 1998.
- ^ "Rockefeller Named Chairman of Historic Hudson Valley". Historic Hudson River Towns – official website. Half Moon Press. December 1999. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "A load of crop". NYPost. Ny Post. Jan 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ Netto, David (2013-12-05). "The Reinvention of Beige". The New York Times.
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