Elizabeth McIngvale is the founder of Peace of Mind, a non-profit organization for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), she lives in Houston, Texas and is the daughter of area businessman James Franklin McIngvale, also known as who, is a businessman and philanthropist?
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Elizabeth McIngvale Elizabeth McIngvale (born 1987) is the founder of Peace of Mind, a non-profit organization for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). She herself was diagnosed with OCD at the age of 12, and at age 18 became the national spokesperson for the International OCD Foundation. She lives in Houston, Texas and is the daughter of area businessman Jim McIngvale and his wife Linda.
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Jim McIngvale James Franklin McIngvale (born February 11, 1951), also known as Mattress Mack, is a businessman and philanthropist from Houston, Texas. He is known for owning and operating the Gallery Furniture retail chain.
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt II Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. (September 22, 1912 – November 12, 1999) was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, a son of the first Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who died a hero in the sinking of the RMS "Lusitania". His mother, Margaret Emerson (daughter of the Bromo-Seltzer inventor Isaac E Emerson), was one of America's wealthiest women and most sought-after hostesses, operating at least seven large estates around the country. His grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, had been one of America's most revered businessman; his great-grandfather, William Henry Vanderbilt had been the richest man in the world. "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt started the family fortune in shipping and railroads as the founder of the New York Central Railroad and builder of Grand Central Terminal in New York.
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Edward Bronfman Edward Maurice Bronfman, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (November 1, 1927 – April 4, 2005) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family.
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Jim Goode James Douglas Goode (April 15, 1944 – February 2, 2016) was the owner of the Goode Company restaurant group in Houston, Texas.
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Tom Hayden Thomas Emmet "Tom" Hayden (December 11, 1939 – October 23, 2016) was an American social and political activist, author and politician, who was director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center in Los Angeles County, California. Known best for his major role as an anti-war, civil rights, and radical intellectual counterculture activist, Hayden was for a time the husband of actress Jane Fonda, and was the father of actor Troy Garity.
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Moody Foundation The Moody Foundation is a charitable foundation incorporated in Texas and based in the island city of Galveston. It was chartered in 1942 by William Lewis Moody, Jr. and his wife Libbie Shearn Rice Moody ""to benefit, in perpetuity, present and future generations of Texans."" The foundation focuses the majority of its funding on programs involving education, social services, children’s needs, and community development.
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Koch family foundations The Koch family foundations are a group of charitable foundations in the United States associated with the family of Fred C. Koch. The most prominent of these are the Charles Koch Foundation and the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation, created by Charles Koch and David Koch, two sons of Fred C. Koch who own the majority of Koch Industries, an oil, gas, paper, and chemical conglomerate which is the US's second-largest privately held company. Charles' and David's foundations have provided millions of dollars to a variety of organizations, including libertarian and conservative think tanks. Areas of funding include think tanks, political advocacy, climate change scepticism, higher education scholarships, cancer research, arts, and science.
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Robert Wood Johnson III Robert Wood "Bobby" Johnson III (September 9, 1920 – December 22, 1970) was an American philanthropist and businessman. He was a grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I (co-founder of Johnson & Johnson).
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Marilyn Oshman Marilyn Oshman is the chairman of Oshman's Sporting Goods and the company's largest shareholder. Born in 1939. When her founding father Jake Oshman died in 1965, Marilyn's husband, Alvin Lubetkin, took over. She spent time doing volunteer work (e.g., serving as president and chairman of Houston's Contemporary Arts Museum). As part of her fundraising efforts, she learned to deal with the business community. In 1978 Oshman and Lubetkin divorced. He stayed on at the company and serves as president and CEO. (Their two children also work for the company.)
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Elly Kadoorie Sir Eleazer "Elly" Silas Kadoorie {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (1867 – 2 August 1944) was an Indian-born philanthropist and member of a wealthy family that had large business interests in the Far East.
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Stephen Robert Stephen Robert (born June 13, 1940) is an American financial business executive, academic administrator, and philanthropist. He was Chairman and CEO of Oppenheimer & Co. from 1983 to 1997, and Chancellor of Brown University from 1998 to 2007. As a philanthropist he heads his Source of Hope Foundation, which provides basic services to communities in great need around the world. As a journalist, he has published articles on Israeli–Palestinian relations, and on the U.S. economy, in major national and international publications.
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Woody Johnson Robert Wood Johnson IV (born April 12, 1947) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and diplomat who is currently serving as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I (co-founder of Johnson & Johnson), and the owner of the New York Jets of the National Football League.
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Imogene Powers Johnson Imogene Powers Johnson is an American billionaire, the widow of Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr., who was CEO of S. C. Johnson & Son of Racine, Wisconsin.
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Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin (a/k/a Rebecca Dulany Peterkin) (September 24, 1847 – July 26, 1891) is an American philanthropist who founded the first circle of the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons in Virginia, and then the Sheltering Arms Hospital in Richmond.
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Frank K. Houston Frank K. Houston (1881-1973) was an American banker and philanthropist. Born on a Southern plantation in Tennessee, he was a banking executive in Nashville, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri in the 1900s-1910s. He joined the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank in New York City in 1920, and served as its president from 1935 to 1945, and as its chairman and chief executive officer from 1945 to 1947.
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Lessing J. Rosenwald Lessing Julius Rosenwald (February 10, 1891 – June 24, 1979) was an American businessman, a collector of rare books and art, a chess patron, and a philanthropist.
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William L. McKnight William L. McKnight (November 11, 1887 – March 4, 1978) was an American businessman and philanthropist who served his entire career in the 3M corporation, rising to chairman of the board from 1949 to 1966. He founded the McKnight Foundation in 1953.
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Stanley Marcus Harold Stanley Marcus (April 20, 1905 – January 22, 2002) was an early president (1950–1972) and later chairman of the board (1972–1976) of the luxury retailer Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas, which his father and aunt had founded in 1907. During his tenure at the company, he also became a published author, writing his memoir "Minding the Store" and also a regular column in "The Dallas Morning News". After Neiman Marcus was sold to Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Marcus initially remained in an advisory capacity to that company, but later began his own consulting business, which continued until his death. He served his local community as an avid patron of the fine arts and as a civic leader. In a chapter titled "Mr. Stanley" — the name by which Marcus was known locally for decades — in his 1953 work "Neiman-Marcus, Texas", Frank X. Tolbert called him "Dallas' most internationally famous citizen" and worthy of being called "the Southwest's No. 1 businessman-intellectual."
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Harry Weinberg The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is a non-profit philanthropist organization founded by businessman Harry Weinberg (1908–1990) and his wife Jeanette Weinberg.
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David Ratnavale David N. Ratnavale (born 1928) is a psychiatrist and personal advisor to the President of Sri Lanka. He was the chairman of Human Disaster Management council of Sri Lanka. Dr Ratnavale had his primary and secondary education in Trinity College, Kandy where he won The Ryde Gold Medal for the best all round boy in 1947. Married to Elna Anna-Kristin Dannhed of Sweden(1939-)and father of Ramarro Johan Ratnavale(1965-2013) and William Marcel Anand Ratnavale (1967-).
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Gordon P. Robertson Gordon Perry Robertson (born June 4, 1958, in New York City, New York) is the CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network. He is a frequent co-host on "The 700 Club", often filling in for his father, Pat Robertson.