Background
Rupert Johnson was born in 1941.
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Johnson graduated from Washington and Lee University, then served as a Marine.
Career
In 1965, he joined his father at Franklin Resources, where he serves as Vice Chairman. As of April 2015, Rupert is worth United States$6 billion. Rupert sits on the Board of Trustees at Santa Clara University and was on the Board of Trustees at Washington and Lee University (1993-2002).
He gave $100 million to Washington and Lee in June 2007, establishing a merit-based financial aid and curriculum enrichment program
Rupert has made donations to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and the Delaware Art Museum. He sits on the President"s Council of the United Religions Initiative.
