Lester Crown

Billionaire financier; Chairman - CC Industries, Inc.
Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

General Dynamics Corporation Manufactures components, parts, systems for military and commercial aircraft
• President ('53→'66)

Board Memberships

The Aspen Institute Elite policy discussion group
• Trustee
Henry Crown & Company Private investment group in banking, transportation, oil and gas, cellular phones, home furnishings, and resort properties
• Chairman
Center for Strategic and International Studies Foreign policy think tank founded 1962.
• Trustee
Material Service Corporation Sand, gravel, lime and coal business
• Chairman (past)
Weizmann Institute of Science Israel
• Trustee
Merrick Ventures Merrick Ventures is a technology holding company, based in Chicago, founded by Michael W. Ferro, Jr.
• Board Member
Commercial Club of Chicago
• chairman ('05→'07)

Positions

Children's Scholarship Fund
• advisory board member
America Abroad Media America Abroad Media (AAM) is a private, nonprofit organization that produces programming distributed in the United States and worldwide to facilitate international dialogue and exchange
• advisory board member
The Wilson Center nonpartisan DC think tank
• Wilson National Cabinet

Donors

Crown Center for Middle East Studies Part of Brandeis University
• Donation · 10,000,000 USD ('05)*
Jewish Federation/Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
• Donation*

Donations

Lori Lightfoot Mayor of Chicago
• 1 contribution · 100,000 USD (May 17 '19)
Bruce Rauner Former Governor, Illinois | former Chairman,GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC
• Donation/Grant · 25,000 USD (Dec 2 '13)
Christian Mitchell Representative of IL 26 in the State House
• Donation · 11,300 USD
We Mean Business NFP PAC promote public pension reform in IL through non-federal political activity
• Donation · 10,000 USD (Mar 13 '14)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Biden Victory Fund
• 1 contribution · 75,000 USD (Sep 14 '20)
Barack Obama 44th President of the United States
• 7 contributions · 68,900 USD ('07→'11)
Americans for Responsible Solutions Gun-control non-profit/PAC
• 3 contributions · 60,000 USD (Oct 15 '13→May 25 '16)
Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party
• 2 contributions · 59,300 USD ('08→'11)
Priorities USA Action Pro-Obama/Hillary Clinton Super PAC
• 1 contribution · 25,000 USD (Sep 21 '20)
Victory 2020
• 1 contribution · 25,000 USD (Sep 15 '20)
KIDSPAC NYC Public School Parents PAC
• 22 contributions · 22,000 USD ('89→Feb 19 '13)
CITYPAC
• 6 contributions · 16,000 USD ('01→'09)
General Dynamics Voluntary Political Contribution Plan (Gdvpcp)
• 3 contributions · 15,000 USD ('90→'92)
Committee for Change
• 1 contribution · 15,000 USD ('08)

Holdings

General Dynamics Corporation Manufactures components, parts, systems for military and commercial aircraft
• Owner
New York Yankees
• Owner

Memberships

Mega Group Informal group of pro-Israel philanthropists
• Member
The Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago Private organization of senior executives
• Member

Family

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Daniel M Crown CEO, Crown Theaters; Red Crown Productions
• son
Janet Crown Los Angeles; seventh child of Renee and Lester Crown
• daughter
Renée Schine Crown Wife of Lester Crown
• wife ('50→?)
Rebecca Kranz
• mother ('25→?)
Arie Steven Crown General Partner, Henry Crown & Company
• son
Patricia Crown Retired psychotherapist - Chicago Illinois
• daughter
James S Crown President, Henry Crown and Company; grandson of industrialist Henry Crown and a director at JPMorgan Chase
• son
Susan M. Crown VP of Henry Crown & Co; Oil Creek Partners
• daughter
Henry Crown American industrialist and philanthropist based in Chicago, IL.
• father ('25→?)
John Crown Circuit Court judge
• brother

Schools

Northwestern University
• Bachelor of Arts / Science
Harvard University Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA
• Master of Business Administration
Lester Crown
Updated over 1 year ago

Basic Info

Types Person, Business Person
Gender Male
Birthday 1925

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