Al Gore's power network

Types	Person, Elected Representative, Political Candidate, Business Person, Public Official
Legal Name	Albert Arnold Gore Jr
Date of Birth	Mar 31 '48
Gender	Male

Aliases	Albert A Gore Jr Albert Arnold Gore Jr
Industries	Book, newspaper & periodical publishing Business services General commerce Private Equity & Investment Firms Schools & colleges more »

(son of Albert Arnold Gore), a Representative and Senator from Tennessee, and a Vice President of the United States; born in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1948; attended the public elementary schools... more » (son of Albert Arnold Gore), a Representative and Senator from Tennessee, and a Vice President of the United States; born in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1948; attended the public elementary schools of Carthage, Tenn.; graduated, St. Albans High School, Washington, D.C., 1965; graduated, Harvard University 1969; attended Vanderbilt University School of Religion, Nashville, Tenn., 1971-1972 and the School of Law 1974-1976; business executive; engaged in real estate development in Carthage; served in United States Army 1969-1971 in Viet Nam; investigative reporter for the Nashville Tennessean 1971-1976; elected in 1976 as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth Congress; reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1985); was not a candidate for reelection in 1984 to the House of Representatives, but was elected in November 1984 to the United States Senate; reelected in 1990 and served from January 3, 1985, until his resignation on January 2, 1993; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988; elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket headed by William Jefferson Clinton in 1992 and was inaugurated on January 20, 1993; reelected Vice President in 1996; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for president in 2000.

Former Vice President Al Gore has served as a Senior Advisor to Google, Inc. and Vice Chairman of Metropolitan West Financial LLC since 2001.

Mr. Gore was inaugurated as the 45th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993. He was re-elected in 1996 and served for a total of eight years as President of the Senate, a member of the cabinet and the National Security Council, and as the leader of a wide range of Administration initiatives, including in the areas of environmental policy, technology, science, communications, community empowerment and government cost cutting.

Gore is a visiting professor at the University of California Los Angeles, Fisk University and Middle Tennessee State University.

Al Gore was born on March 31, 1948, the son of former U.S. Senator Albert Gore, Sr. and Pauline Gore. Raised in Carthage, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., he received a degree in government with honors from Harvard University in 1969. After graduation, he volunteered for enlistment in the U.S. Army and served in the Vietnam War. Upon returning from Vietnam, Al Gore became an investigative reporter with the Tennessean in Nashville, where he also attended Vanderbilt University’s Divinity School and then Law School. « less

Relationships Interlocks Giving Political

Government Positions

US Senate US Senate

Senator ('85→'93)

US House of Representatives

Representative (Jan 3 '77→Jan 3 '85)

Executive Branch

Vice President (Jan 20 '93→Jan 20 '01)

Business Positions

Apple multinational consumer electronics and software company

Director ('03→)

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley...

Partner

Current Media, LLC

Chairman

Google Inc. Google organizes the world's information and makes it universally...

senior advisor

Other Positions & Memberships

Democratic Party

Member

Alliance for Climate Protection Organization advocating for solutions to the...

Chairman ('06→)

Education

Harvard University Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA

Undergraduate (?→'69) ⋅ BA

Professional Associates

Donald Gips Obama transition member and former advisor to Al Gore

Chief Domestic Policy Advisor ('97→'98)

Joel Z Hyatt CEO of Current Media; HP director; Brookings trustee; Dem fundraiser

business partner

Donors

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Gery J Chico

4 contributions ⋅ $12000 ('98→'99)

Manuel Sanchez Founding partner, Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP

2 contributions ⋅ $10000 ('98)

Frank McGuire chairman, The McGuire Group

6 contributions ⋅ $10000 ('89→'99)

John F Cooke Western Territories Group, LLC

5 contributions ⋅ $9000 ('89→'99)

Robert L Johnson

3 contributions ⋅ $9000 ('98→'99)

Mitchell Berger

5 contributions ⋅ $9000 ('89→'99)

Michael Bloomberg NYC's info-billionaire mayor

6 contributions ⋅ $9000 ('98→'99)

Bruce Karatz Former CEO of KB Homes

4 contributions ⋅ $8000 ('90→'99)

Nelson Peltz CEO and founding partner of Trian Fund Management

4 contributions ⋅ $8000 ('90→'99)

Ivan G Seidenberg Chairman and CEO of Verizon

4 contributions ⋅ $8000 ('98→'99)

Donation/Grant Recipients

1-10 of 13 :: see all

Tennessee Democratic Party

5 contributions ⋅ $20497 ('05→'10)

Leadership '02 (Fka Friends of Albert Gore JR Inc)

2 contributions ⋅ $10000 ('02→'03)

Al Franken US Senator from Minnesota

2 contributions ⋅ $4600 ('08)

Erskine B Bowles Clinton's chief of staff from 1996-1998; investor; deficit hawk

2 contributions ⋅ $4000 ('04)

Robert Dudley Tuke

3 contributions ⋅ $2755 ('08)

Roy Herron Dresden, Tennessee attorney and State Senator

1 contribution ⋅ $2400 ('10)

John Kerry US Senator from Massachusetts

1 contribution ⋅ $2000 ('04)

Howard Dean Former Governor of Vermont

1 contribution ⋅ $1000 ('04)

Alan John Blinken Lawyer, Ambassador to Belgium, Candidate for US Senate (Idaho)...

1 contribution ⋅ $1000 ('02)

Tim Johnson US Senator and Representative from South Dakota

1 contribution ⋅ $1000 ('02)

Office/Staff

David Thomas

Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs (past)

Donald Gips Obama transition member and former advisor to Al Gore

Director of domestic policy ('97→'98)

Bruce Reed CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council

chief speechwriter ('85→'89)

Paul Thornell

Senate Office of the Vice-President (Oct '00→Jan 19 '01)

Jack M Quinn Quinn Gillespie

Chief of Staff (Jun '93→Nov '95)

Political Fundraising Committees

Gore 2000 Inc

Authorized Campaign Committee

Gore/Lieberman General Election Legal and Accounting Compliance Fund

Authorized Campaign Committee