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Wilbur L. Ross Jr.
Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. is an American businessman who served as the 39th United States secretary of commerce from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Ross was previously chairman and chief executive officer of WL Ross & Co from 2000 to 2017.
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business · American businessman (born 1937) · financier · investor · politician · banker · art collector · also Wilbur L. Ross Jr., Wilbur Ross, Wilbur L. Ross, Wilbur Louis Ross Jr., Jr.
Born 28 November 1937 · Q8000233
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2026· 3 entries
“s decision to the 9th circuit. Koh subsequently called the October 5 end date”
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“a lot more out of it than it deserves”
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2021· 1 entry
The Chinese government sanctioned Ross as part of "reciprocal counter-sanctions" after the U
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2020· 3 entries
Federal district court judge Lucy Koh issued a preliminary injunction against the plan to end counting on September 30 rather than the scheduled October 31, saying the Commerce Department "never articulated a satisfactor
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The Census Bureau announced that they were moving this deadline up to September 30, 2020
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That they would extend the timeframe for field data collection and self-response for the 2020 United States Census to October 31, 2020
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2019· 3 entries
President Donald Trump made the incorrect claim that Hurricane Dorian presented a major threat to Alabama; minutes later the Birmingham, Alabama, branch of the National Weather Service (NWS) (which is under the National
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The Supreme Court, in Department of Commerce v
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Saying Ross had violated a "veritable smorgasbord" of federal rules, asserting Ross and his aides made false or misleading statements under oath and that he sought to add the question to the Census based on a pretext
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2018· 2 entries
After he received a letter from the government's top ethics watchdog warning of "potential for a serious criminal violation", Ross announced that he will sell all his remaining stock
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Trump implemented a 25% tariff on steel and a 10% tariff on aluminum imports
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2017· 5 entries
The Senate confirmed Ross in a 72–27 vote
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Ross became commerce secretary in the Donald Trump administration; at age 79, Ross was the oldest first-time Cabinet appointee in U
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of Commerce (2017–2021).
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Reported net worth: $2.5B (as of 2017).
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Ross said that a trade deal with the UK was a low priority for the Trump administration; however, he outlined possible terms
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2016· 1 entry
Then-President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Ross for Secretary of Commerce
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2014· 1 entry
In recognition of his work in Ireland and Irish-American causes
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2011· 1 entry
Arch Coal acquired International Coal Group for $3
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2006· 4 entries
The company acquired the European operations of Lear Corporation and in 2007, it acquired Lear's North American interiors operations
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The Sago Mine disaster, an explosion in a coal mine indirectly owned by International Coal Group, likely caused by a lightning strike, led to the deaths of 12 miners
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Ross sold WL Ross & Co to Amvescap (now Invesco)
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By WL Ross & Co and investment funds managed by Franklin Templeton Investments
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2004· 3 entries
Ross married his third wife, Hilary Geary Ross, a society writer for Quest magazine
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After acquiring the assets of several bankrupt coal companies
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The Economist described Ross as a supporter of protectionism
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2000· 1 entry
Left Rothschild to found WL Ross & Co
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1999· 1 entry
Ross was awarded the Order of Industrial Service Merit medal by South Korean president Kim Dae Jung for his assistance during the 1997 Asian financial crisis
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1995· 1 entry
Ross married his second wife, Lieutenant Governor of New York Betsy McCaughey
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1976· 1 entry
Ross began his 24-year employment with the New York City office of Rothschild & Co, where he ran the bankruptcy restructuring advisory practice
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1963· 1 entry
Joined what became Wood, Struthers & Winthrop
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1962· 1 entry
They had two children, Jessica Colby Ross (b. 1962) and Amanda Colby Ross (b. 1965).
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1961· 2 entries
Received a Master of Business Administration degree at Harvard Business School
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Studied at Harvard Business School, Master of Business Administration (1961).
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1959· 2 entries
Received a bachelor's degree from Yale College, his father's alma mater
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Studied at Yale University, Bachelor of Arts (1959).
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1937· 2 entries
Born 1937-11-28.
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In Weehawken, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby North Bergen, New Jersey
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