Steven C. Rockefeller Jr.
Steven C. Rockefeller Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | Steven Clark Rockefeller Jr. July 21, 1960 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Fairfield University (BA) Yale School of Management (MBA) |
| Years active | 1988 - present |
| Employer | Rose Rock Group |
| Title | Chairman and CEO |
| Spouse |
Kimberly Eckles
(m. 1990) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Rockefeller family |
Steven Clark Rockefeller Jr. (born July 21, 1960) is an American businessman. Rockefeller is the son of Steven Clark Rockefeller and a grandson of former U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller of the Rockefeller family.
He is the current chairman and chief executive officer of Rose Rock Group, a private investment firm, founded by members of the Rockefeller family.[1] Rockefeller additionally serves as a member of the board of the Rockefeller Charity Foundation and on the committee of Rockefeller University. He has also been active on the Board of Directors of Grameen Foundation and has received a Fulbright Award.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
Steven Clark Rockefeller Jr. was born July 21, 1960, in New York City, the first son of Steven Clark Rockefeller (b. 1936) and his Norwegian-born wife Anne-Marie (née Rasmussen). His paternal grandfather was Nelson A. Rockefeller. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Fairfield University in 1985, and a Master of Business Administration in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management in 1990.[5]
Career
Prior to Rock Capital Group, Rockefeller served as Managing Director of Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management and was a key founder of the Deutsche Bank Microcredit Development Fund, a unique partnership between the bank and its clients to support microcredit programs worldwide.[6]
Rockefeller served as a member of the Board of Directors at Grameen Foundation for seven years. He also served on the Foundation's Development Committee, where he focused on technical support, fundraising, micro-credit programs and public health service.[7] Rockefeller received a Fulbright Award in 2005 in recognition of his dedicated service to poverty alleviation and longstanding support of micro-credit programs.[8]
Personal life
In 1990, Rockefeller married Kimberly Eckles, who currently serves on the board of the Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve and is also a venture capitalist. They have three children:
- Steven Clark Rockefeller III (born 1987), who married Lacey McKeon, daughter of Senator John F. McKeon, in 2019. They both graduated from Boston College. He works as a commercial real estate broker for Cushman & Wakefield and serves on the operating committee of the Rockefeller Family Office.[9]
- Christian Aldrich Rockefeller (born January 3, 1991),[10] who married Erica Cadigan at Harvard Club Boston in March 2022.[11] In 2013, while studying at Boston College, he was among six students arrested and charged on vandalism charges and trespassing on Saint Patrick's Day.[12][13]
- Kayla Rockefeller (born 1999)
The couple resides in Pleasantville, New York.[6]
References
- ↑ "Stocks". Bloomberg News. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Steven Rockefeller Jr. Visits Tzu Chi". Tzu Chi. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Center for Public Leadership" (PDF).
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "BloombergBusiness Executive Profile: Stephen C. Rockefeller Jr". Bloomberg News. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- 1 2 "Stephen C. Rockefeller Jr". apecf.org. Asia Pacific Exchange & Cooperation Foundation. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ↑ "Grameen Foundation: Stephen C. Rockefeller Jr". grameenfoundation.org. Grameen Foundation. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ↑ Foundation, Tzu Chi. "Steven Rockefeller Jr. Visits Tzu Chi". tzuchi.org. Tzu Chi Foundation. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Lacey McKeon, Steven Rockefeller". The New York Times. April 7, 2019. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ↑ United States Public Records
- ↑ "Winter Wedding at the Harvard Club of Boston - The Ewings Photo Video". The Ewings. August 8, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Real Rockefeller, 5 other Boston College students busted in break-in". Boston Herald. April 10, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ↑ Andersen, Travis (April 11, 2013). "Rockefeller family member among six Boston College seniors charged with trashing Brighton apartment". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 7, 2023.