Background
Pelosi was born in San Francisco in an Italian-American family on November 2, 1934, and was reared in that city.
Businessman chairman president
Pelosi was born in San Francisco in an Italian-American family on November 2, 1934, and was reared in that city.
Stanford University.
He has a brother, Paul. He was remarried in 1979, to Susan Ferguson. He is the brother-in-law of Nancy Pelosi, minority leader of the United States. House of Representatives and its former Speaker.
He is the uncle of California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom.
Finance
He was also president of Forward Funds, a diversified mutual fund group, of Webster Investment Management, registered investment advisers. And Trenholm Associates.
Pelosi is on the Board of Trustees of the Pacific Corporate Group, a private equity fund and executive director, of Pacific Asset Management. Mediation and arbitration
Pelosi was a mediator or arbitrator for the American Stock Exchange, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Futures Association, New York Stock Exchange and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
He was chairman of the board of the San Francisco Employees" Retirement System and was on the boards of directors of the Association of Bay Area Governments, Golden Gate Bridge District and the League of California Cities.
He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for California"s 9th State Senate district in 1972. He took just 40.1 percent of the vote against Republican Milton Marks, who had 59 percent.
He was a panel member of the American Arbitration Association and the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange. Pelosi was a member of the San Francisco City Planning Commission, and of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1968 to 1980, of which he was president from 1978 to 1980.
