Background
Robert Addison Day is the grandson of Superior Oil Company founder William Myron Keck. He was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California.
Robert Addison Day is the grandson of Superior Oil Company founder William Myron Keck. He was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California.
He received a Bachelor of Science in economics from Claremont McKenna College in 1965.
He serves as the Chairman and President of the West. M. Keck Foundation. He was enrolled in Reserve Officers Training Corps while at Claremont McKenna College. He started his career at the financial firm White, Weld and Company in New York City.
In 1971, he founded the Trust Company of the West.
In 2001, he sold 70% of it to the Société Générale for $2.5 billion. He sits on the Board of Directors of Freeport-McMoRan, Fisher Scientific, and Société Générale.
He also sits on the Board of Trustees of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and the Brookings Institution, where he was Chairman from 1990 to 1998. From 2001 to 2003, he sat on the President"s Intelligence Advisory Board.
As of September 2011, he is worth United States$ 1.2. billion, and he is the 283rd richest person in the United States.
He owns 600,000 acres of timberland in Florida. Philanthropy and political activities
In October 2006, he hosted a fundraiser with then-President George West. Bush, which raised United States$1 million for the Republican Party. In 2015, Day donated $1.1 million to Super PACs supporting Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina.
In 2007, he made a gift of $200 million to his alma mater.
Personal life
He is not married and has three children. He resides in Belorussian Air, Los Angeles, California.
He is a member of the Business Council. He is also a member of the Alfalfa Club, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Council on Foreign Relations.
