Former Governor W. Mitt Romney
(Republican - Massachusetts)
WITHDREW
FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE ON FEBRUARY 7, 2008.
BIOGRAPHICAL
FACTS:
POLITICAL:
GOP nominee for US Senate, 1994. Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-07
(elected 2002). Chair, Republican Governors Association, 2005-06.
PROFESSIONAL:
Attorney. Management Consulting Firm Executive, 1978-84. Venture
Capital Investment Firm Founder & Executive, 1984-2002. President
and CEO, Salt Lake Organizing Committee (2002 SLC Winter Olympics),
1999-2002.
EDUCATION:
B.A. summa cum laude, Brigham Young University, 1971.
M.B.A., Harvard Business School, 1975. J.D. cum laude,
Harvard Law School, 1975.
PERSONAL:
Born March 12, 1947, in Michigan. Married to Ann Romney. Five
sons; eight grandchildren. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints (Mormon). Son of the late three-term Michigan Govenor and
US Housing Secretary George W. Romney (R), a 1968 candidate for
President; and Lenore Romney, the 1970 GOP nominee for US Senate
in Michigan.