John W. Rogers, Jr.
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1958 –
Who is John W. Rogers, Jr.?
John Washington Rogers, Jr., an investor who founded Ariel Capital Management in 1983. He is chairman and CEO of the company, which is the United States' largest minority-run mutual fund firm. He has been a regular contributor to Forbes magazine for most of the last decade. Active in the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign, Rogers was a leader of the 2009 Inauguration committee.
Rogers was appointed as the Board President of the Chicago Park District for six years in the 1990s. He has also was appointed as board member to several companies, as a leader of several organizations affiliated with his collegiate alma mater, and as a leader in youth education in his native Chicago. In 2007, Rogers was honored with the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University for the breadth and depth of his service to many organizations. While a student at Princeton, he was captain of the 1979–80 Ivy League co-champion Princeton Tigers men's basketball team.
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- Born
- Mar 31, 1958
Chicago - Also known as
- John Rogers, Jr.
- John W Rogers Jr
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- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
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on July 23, 2013
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