| 词条 | Jim Davis (businessman) |
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|name = Jim Davis |image = |caption = |birth_name = James S. Davis |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1943}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = Owner & chairman of New Balance; co-founder of Major League Lacrosse |employer = |occupation = Businessman |net_worth = US$6.3 billion (August 2018)[1] |education = Worcester Academy |alma_mater = Middlebury College |religion = |nationality = American |spouse = |children = two |parents = }}James S. Davis (born 1943) is an American billionaire businessman, the owner and chairman of New Balance, and an early investor in Major League Lacrosse.[1][2] Early lifeJames S. Davis was born in 1943,[1] the son of Greek immigrants.[3] He attended the Worcester Academy, and he received a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from Middlebury College in 1966.[4] While in college, he played college football.[2][4] CareerDavis started his career as a sales engineer at the LFE Corporation in Waltham, Massachusetts, and as marketing manager for the Applied Geodata Systems Division of Techven Associates of Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1972, he bought New Balance, then only a 6-employee firm in Boston, and turned it into a 4,000-employee global corporation with revenues averaging around $2.5 billion every year.[1] He has been a Board member of the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, the International Athletic Footwear & Apparel Manufacturers Association, and the Two/Ten Foundation.[10] He also sits on the Board of Directors of the Citizen’s Bank in Providence, Rhode Island.[5] Davis has donated $500,000 to Mitt Romney's Super PAC, Restore Our Future.[6][7] He has donated $5 million to the University of Maine.[1] He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater, Middlebury College.[1] A library on its campus has also been named for him.[4] He formerly sat on its Board of Trustees, on the Worcester Academy's, and on Newbury College's.[8] He sits on the Board of Trustees of the Sports Museum of New England and formerly Boston Children's Museum.[9] As of 2017, Davis is the 324th richest person in the world, and the 94th richest in the United States, with an estimated wealth of US$5.1 billion.[1] Personal lifeDavis is married, and has two children.[1] He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.[1] PoliticsDavis donated almost $400,000 to the Trump Victory Committee in September 2016.[10] In an interview given to Wall Street Journal reporter Sara Germano on the day following the 2016 presidential election of Donald Trump, a New Balance senior executive suggested support for Trump due to his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Widely reported social-media reaction documented numerous New Balance owners destroying or disposing of their shoes—with many pledging lifetime boycotts of the company.[11][12][13][14] See alsoList of Donald Trump presidential campaign endorsements, 2016References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jim-davis/ |work=Forbes |title=Jim Davis & family |accessdate=November 26, 2017}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Jim}}2. ^1 {{cite news |first=Daren |last=Fonda |title=Sole Survivor |work=Time Magazine |date=November 1, 2004 |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,749428,00.html }} 3. ^The Pappas Post: "Son of Greek immigrant leads New Balance to major expansion" April 3, 2012 4. ^1 2 Sarah C. Ray, 'Library named for Jim Davis '66 and his family', May 7, 2010 5. ^1 Major League Lacross Founders {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813111014/http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/founders/ |date=2010-08-13 }} 6. ^Dan Eggen, 'New Balance distances itself from donation to Romney supporting ‘super PAC’', in The Washington Post, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-balance-distances-itself-from-donation-to-romney-supporting-super-pac/2011/08/10/gIQAJYK16I_story.html] 7. ^Glen Johnson, 'New Balance disavows chairman’s Romney donation', on Boston.com, 08/10/2011 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.middlebury.edu/about/president/trustees|title=Middlebury College Board of Trustees|website=middlebury.edu}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/about/board_directors.html|title=Leadership / Board - About - Boston Children's Museum|website=www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org}} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=O'Sullivan|first1=Jim|title=New Balance founder gave nearly $400,000 to Trump|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/13/new-balance-founder-gave-nearly-trump/HEoVw5ig6OHhLKOc3dDorO/story.html|accessdate=21 January 2017|work=Boston Globe|date=13 January 2017}} 11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2155882/why-new-balance-backed-trump-other-business-supporters/|title=Why has New Balance backed Trump and what other businesses support him?|date=2016-11-10|newspaper=The Sun|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-12}} 12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-balance-faces-social-media-backlash-after-welcoming-trump-1478823102|title=New Balance Faces Social Media Backlash After Welcoming Trump|last=Germano|first=Sara|date=2016-11-11|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=2016-11-12}} 13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/news/business/2016/11/10/people-are-trashing-new-balance-sneakers-after-the-companys-apparent-pro-trump-comments|title=People are trashing New Balance sneakers after the company’s apparent pro-Trump comments|date=2016-11-10|newspaper=Boston.com|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-12}} 14. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/grubhub-new-balance-called-out-social-media-overly-political-comments-n682506|title=This is why people are lighting their New Balance shoes on fire|newspaper=NBC News|access-date=2016-11-12}} 8 : Living people|1943 births|Middlebury College alumni|Middlebury Panthers football players|People from Newton, Massachusetts|American businesspeople|American billionaires|American people of Greek descent |
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