Mitt Romney rejoins Marriott board
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | December 4, 2012 17:21
Mitt Romney is rejoining the board of directors at Marriott International, taking a step back into the business world four weeks after the end of his unsuccessful presidential bid.
Romney has served on the board of the large hotel chain several times. He was on the board from 1993 to 2002, leaving when he was elected Massachusetts governor. He returned to the board from January 2009 to January 2011, the only job he took in the private sector in between his two presidential bids.
Romney earned nearly $114,000 from being on the board for the previous year, according to campaign finance records that Romney filed in 2011.
Romney’s ties to the Marriott family began at his birth. Romney, whose first name is Willard, was named after the hotels chain’s founder, J. Willard Marriott, who was friends with Romney’s father, George. Marriott was also the preferred hotel of choice during his presidential campaigns.
Members of the Marriott family have been longtime contributors to Romney’s political super PACs.
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