Alan Ashton

Investor, founder of WordPerfect

Alan Ashton retired as a BYU professor in 1987 to oversee WordPerfect, which Ashton had created with his student, Bruce Bastian. The privately owned company was sold in 1994 for $1.4 billion, according to the New York Times. Ashton was once listed by Forbes as one of the 400 wealthiest people in America. Alan Ashton today serves in the LDS Church as a bishop in a BYU stake, and is a former stake president. Rather than retire, a decade ago he founded ASH Capital, a venture investment company.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Donations

Spencer Cox Governor of Utah (R)

• Donation/Grant · 70,000 USD

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Romney Victory

• 1 contribution · 10,000 USD (Jun 1 '12)

Restore Our Future PAC Super PAC tied to Mitt Romney

• 1 contribution · 10,000 USD (Jan 26 '12)

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

• 1 contribution · 7,500 USD (Jun 1 '12)

Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 4 contributions · 7,100 USD (Jan 17 '07→Jun 1 '12)

Jeb Bush Former Governor of Florida

• 2 contributions · 5,400 USD (Aug 28 '15)

Free and Strong America PAC Inc.

• 3 contributions · 5,000 USD (May 29 '08→Mar 31 '10)

Robert Bennett US Senator from Utah

• 4 contributions · 4,500 USD (Oct 19 '92→Apr 13 '09)

Enid Greene US Representative from Utah

• 3 contributions · 2,500 USD (Nov 8 '92)

Mike Lee Republican US Senator from Utah

• 1 contribution · 2,400 USD (Jun 8 '10)

Karl N Snow Jr

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Oct 22 '90)

Family

Karen Ashton

• wife