William E. Conway Jr.
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Born | William Elias Conway Jr. August 27, 1949[1] Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Education | Dartmouth College (AB) University of Chicago Booth School of Business (MBA) |
Occupation | Managing Director of the Carlyle Group |
Children | William Elias Conway III |
William E. "Bill" Conway Jr. (born August 27, 1949) is an American businessman and investor. He serves as Co-Executive Chairman of the Board, Founder of the Carlyle Group.
Career[]
He started his career by serving in a variety of positions in corporate finance, commercial lending, workout loans and general management for almost ten years with First National Bank of Chicago.[3][4] From 1981 to 1986, Conway had worked in various financial positions at MCI Communications being named senior vice president and chief financial officer in 1984.[3][4] In 1987, he co-founded Carlyle with David Rubenstein and Daniel D'Aniello.[3][4][2][5]
He has served as the chairman of the boards of Nextel Communications and United Defense Industries.[5] He has made charitable donations to the Catholic Church.[3] As of March 2018, he is the 859th richest person in the world, and the 293rd richest in the United States.[2] He is worth US$3.3 billion.[2]
Political activities[]
Conway's son, also named Bill Conway, ran in the 2020 Democratic primary election for Cook County State's Attorney against incumbent Kim Foxx. Conway donated $10.5 million of his personal fortune to his son's ultimately unsuccessful campaign.[6][7][8]
Personal life[]
In 1999, Conway bought Merrywood, the childhood home of Jackie Kennedy, from Alan I. Kay for $15.5 million. Less than a year later, however, he sold it to Steve Case, the former CEO of AOL and his wife, Jean Villanueva, for $24.5 million.[9][10] Today, he and his wife live in McLean, Virginia.[2] He and his wife have one child, son .
The nursing school of the Catholic University of America, the Conway School of Nursing, is named after him and his wife.[11]
Philanthropy[]
In June 2019 he donated $20 million to the Catholic University of America to create the Conway School of Nursing.
References[]
- ^ Date of birth of Bill Conway, Journal Officiel du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, May 2004; accessed May 1, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "William Conway Jr. Profile". Forbes Magazine. June 25, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "William E. Conway Jr". carlyle.com.
- ^ a b c "Directors". Carlyle Capital Corp.
- ^ a b Patrick McGeehan, 'Look Who Hit Pay Dirt in the Nextel Deal', in The New York Times, December 19, 2004 [1]
- ^ Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. "Friends of Bill Conway". Illinois Sunshine. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ Hinton, Rachel (March 18, 2020). "For Kim Foxx, Jussie Smollett proved 'a blip' for primary voters". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ^ Hinton, Rachel (January 10, 2020). "State's attorney challenger Conway gets another $2.3 million from billionaire dad, fueling spat with incumbent Foxx". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ Washingtonian Staff (April 23, 2019). "Who Are the Richest People in Washington?". Washingtonian. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ Gilgore, Sara (May 30, 2018). "Steve Case's McLean estate sells for $43M — a new record". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ University, Catholic. "Bill and Joanne Conway Give CatholicU Nursing $20 Million". The Catholic University of America. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
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- Businesspeople from Massachusetts
- Businesspeople from Virginia
- The Carlyle Group people
- Catholics from Virginia
- Dartmouth College alumni
- People from Lowell, Massachusetts
- People from McLean, Virginia
- Private equity and venture capital investors
- University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni