Wilbur Ross

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businessperson human investor politician

Wilbur Ross is an American investor and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce known for restructuring distressed companies and his role in the Trump administration.

Aliases (1)

Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → human → investor → politician →
appointedBy	Donald Trump →
awardReceived	Order of the Phoenix (Greece) → Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star →
confirmedBy	United States Senate →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1937-11-28 →
describedBySource	Forbes billionaire list →
educatedAt	Harvard Business School → Yale University →
employer	Rothschild Inc. →
endTime	2021-01-20 →
familyName	Ross →
fieldOfWork	distressed investing → private equity →
founded	WL Ross & Co. →
fullName	Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. →
givenName	Wilbur →
hasRole	billionaire →
industry	coal → finance → steel → textiles →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party →
nominatedBy	Donald Trump →
notableFor	role in Trump administration trade policy →
notableProject	restructuring U.S. steel companies in the early 2000s → restructuring coal companies →
notableWork	restructuring distressed companies →
occupation	banker → corporate turnaround specialist → investor → politician →
officeContested	U.S. Secretary of Commerce →
partOf	Cabinet of Donald Trump →
placeOfBirth	Weehawken, New Jersey, United States →
positionHeld	U.S. Secretary of Commerce →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	New York City, New York, United States → Palm Beach, Florida, United States →
senateConfirmationVote	72-27 →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Betsy McCaughey → Hilary Geary Ross → Judith Nodine →
startTime	2017-02-28 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Wilbur Ross ("Wilbur Louis Ross Jr.") →	fullName
Ross →	hasNotableBearer
Columbia Law School →	notableAlumni
Kalorama →	notableResident