Biography Of Mitt Romney
Biography of latest GOP presidential candidate:NAME: Willard Mitt Romney
AGE: 59; born March 12, 1947, in Detroit
RESIDENCE: Belmont, Mass.
CHILDHOOD: Grew up in Bloomfield Hills, went to school at Cranbrook High School
EDUCATION: Bachelor of arts degree, Brigham Young University, 1971; master's degree in business administration, Harvard Business School, 1975; law degree, Harvard Law School, 1975.
POLITICAL CAREER: Massachusetts governor, 2003-2007; ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate seat against Democratic incumbent Edward Kennedy in Massachusetts, 1994.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER: -- CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics, 1999-2002; joined Boston-based Bain & Co., a management consulting firm, in 1977; vice president of Bain & Co., 1978-84; head of Bain Capital, a venture capital firm he founded, 1984-1990; interim CEO of Bain & Co., 1991-92; head of Bain Capital, 1992-1999; Boston Consulting Group, 1975-76. PERSONAL: Married Ann Romney on March 21, 1969; five sons, five daughters-in-law and nine grandchildren.
AGE: 59; born March 12, 1947, in Detroit
RESIDENCE: Belmont, Mass.
CHILDHOOD: Grew up in Bloomfield Hills, went to school at Cranbrook High School
EDUCATION: Bachelor of arts degree, Brigham Young University, 1971; master's degree in business administration, Harvard Business School, 1975; law degree, Harvard Law School, 1975.
POLITICAL CAREER: Massachusetts governor, 2003-2007; ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate seat against Democratic incumbent Edward Kennedy in Massachusetts, 1994.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER: -- CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics, 1999-2002; joined Boston-based Bain & Co., a management consulting firm, in 1977; vice president of Bain & Co., 1978-84; head of Bain Capital, a venture capital firm he founded, 1984-1990; interim CEO of Bain & Co., 1991-92; head of Bain Capital, 1992-1999; Boston Consulting Group, 1975-76. PERSONAL: Married Ann Romney on March 21, 1969; five sons, five daughters-in-law and nine grandchildren.
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