Ronald P. Spogli is an American venture capitalist and politician.
Education
Spogli was born in Los Angeles, California in 1948. He received an Bachelor of Arts in history from Stanford University in 1970, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He earned an Master of Business Administration in 1975 from Harvard Business School, where he was future President George West. Bush"s roommate.
He lived abroad in Florence and Milan for two years during his time at Stanford, and became fluent in the Italian language.
He is married and has a daughter named Caroline as well as a stepson, William.
Career
He is the former United States Ambassador to Italy and to San Marino. He was confirmed by the United States. Senate on June 30, 2005, after being nominated by President George West. Bush on June 9. He was preceded by Mel Sembler as Ambassador to Italy and is the first American ambassador to San Marino from the United States.
This new position was created as a result of the excellent relations between the two countries.
Before that he was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division of Dean Witter Reynolds. In 2002, President Bush appointed Spogli to a three-year term with the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship board.
Spogli quit working at Freeman Spogli & Company on July 31, 2005, and was sworn in as the United States. Ambassador to Italy on August 10, 2005 and to San Marino in September 2006. He left post on February 6, 2009.