Robert Addison Day
Robert Addison Day | |
|---|---|
| Born | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Business executive, philanthropist |
| Spouse(s) | Kelly Day (divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | William Myron Keck (grandfather) |
Robert Addison Day is an American business executive and philanthropist[need citation]. He was the founder and former Chairman and chief executive officer of Trust Company of the West until 2009.[citation needed] He serves as the Chairman and President of the W. M. Keck Foundation.
Early life[]
Robert Addison Day is the grandson of Superior Oil Company founder William Myron Keck.[2][3] He was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California.[3] He received a Bachelor of Science in economics from Claremont McKenna College in 1965.[4][5] 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.[4] In 1971, he founded the Trust Company of the West.[4][1] In 2001, he sold 70% of it to the Société Générale for $2.5 billion.[1]
Day serves on the Board of Directors of Freeport-McMoRan, Fisher Scientific, and Société Générale.[4][3] 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.[4][5] He is a member of the Business Council.[4] From 2001 to 2003, he sat on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.[3] 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.[3]
As of September 2011, he is worth US$1.2. billion, and he is the 283rd richest person in the United States.[1] He owns 600,000 acres of timberland in Florida.[1]
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.[5][8]
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.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Forbes profile
- ^ Haute Living profile
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e NNDB profile
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f 'Robert Addison Day Elected to Board of Trustees', on Brookings Institution website, July 06, 1998 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2011-11-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Claremont McKenna College document
- ^ Gabriel Snyder, Inside Move: H'wood picks side in campaign fund fight, Variety, October 04, 2006
- ^ "Million-Dollar Donors in the 2016 Presidential Race". New York Times. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ Larry Gordon, 'Claremont McKenna gets huge donation', in The Los Angeles Times, September 27, 2007 [1]
- Living people
- 1943 births
- People from Bel Air, Los Angeles
- Businesspeople from Los Angeles
- Claremont McKenna College alumni
- American chief executives of financial services companies
- American billionaires
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- California Republicans