Paul F Folino

Executive Chairman of Emulex Corp

Paul F. Folino, a longtime tech executive and philanthropist in Orange County, California died Saturday, Oct. 14 after battling cancer. He was 75. Raised in poverty in Seattle, Folino would go on to make a fortune in computer networking technology, working for Xerox in the 1970s and eventually as chief executive of Emulex Corp. in Costa Mesa. Folino spun his own fortune into supporting Orange County students and the arts. He gave and raised money for a broad range of causes including Orange County Performing Arts Center, South Coast Repertory, the Mind Institute, Project Tomorrow, Chapman University and Cal State Fullerton. Folino attended Central Washington University on a basketball scholarship. He majored in psychology, sociology and political science. He then earned a master’s in business administration in organizational behavior at Seattle University in 1970. After graduation, he went to Xerox Corp., where he volunteered to join the copier company’s early foray into computer networking. He left Xerox in 1984 to build and sell two tech companies before joining Emulex in 1993.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

CoreLogic, Inc. A provider of financial, property and consumer information

• Position (Jul '11→?)

Board Memberships

Emulex Corporation Tech company

• Executive Chairman

New Majority California Republican political organization in CA

• Board Member

Chapman University Private, non-profit university affiliated with the Disciples of Christ

• Board Member

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 4 contributions · 35,400 USD ('00→'08)

John McCain US Senator and Representative from Arizona

• 5 contributions · 34,600 USD ('08)

New Majority California Federal PAC

• 7 contributions · 18,000 USD ('03→'12)

John Campbell US Representative from California

• 7 contributions · 14,700 USD ('05→'11)

California Republican Party/V8

• 2 contributions · 12,500 USD ('00→'07)

National Republican Congressional Committee

• 3 contributions · 10,500 USD ('03→'09)

Ken Calvert US Representative from California (1993-present)

• 4 contributions · 10,000 USD ('08→'10)

Carly Fiorina Former Hewlett Packard CEO, California Senate Candidate and 2016 presidential candidate

• 3 contributions · 5,800 USD ('10)

Charles Christopher Cox Chairman of Security & Exchange Commission (2005-2009); US Rep from CA

• 5 contributions · 5,250 USD ('96→'03)

Keep Our Mission PAC Founded by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R., Ill.) as Keep Our Majority PAC; renamed in 2007

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD ('02)