Carl Henry Lindner III is an American businessman from

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. He has served as the co-

chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of American Financial Group since January 2005. He has also acted as chief executive officer and majority owner of

FC Cincinnati Football Club Cincinnati, commonly known as FC Cincinnati, is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Cincinnati. The club plays in the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The ...

since the club's founding in 2015. He is the son of Carl Lindner Jr. and a prominent member of the Lindner family.

Biography

Carl Lindner III was born to Carl Lindner Jr. and Edyth Bailey in 1953 in

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

, Ohio. He received a

Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...

degree from the

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in 1975. In 1975, Lindner began working at American Financial Group, which his father had bought two years prior. He has served as chairman of Great American Insurance Company since 1987. He became a director and co-president of American Financial in 1996 and additionally was elected as the co-chief executive officer along with his brother S. Craig Lindner in January 2005. In 1989, Carl and Martha Lindner were involved as founders and major benefactors in

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (CHCA) is a private, PK2 – Grade 12, college preparatory, non-denominational Christian school located on four campuses in Cincinnati, Ohio. Three of its campuses (Edyth B. Lindner Campus, Founders' Campus, and ...

, a private university-preparatory school in Cincinnati. In 2015, Lindner was involved in co-founding soccer club

, and is the chief executive officer and majority owner. Speaking about the success and high attendance the club received in its inaugural season, general manager

Jeff Berding Jeff Berding (born February 8, 1967) is an American sports executive and politician. He serves as co-CEO of FC Cincinnati, a professional soccer team he co-founded in 2015. He is also a Democratic politician, having served on the Cincinnati City ...

said, "What has happened is directly attributable to having Carl and the Lindner family as our majority owners. It's the foundation of everything." In 2016, the

bestowed an honorary doctorate to Lindner. In his State of the City speech in October 2016, Cincinnati mayor

John Cranley John Joseph Cranley (born February 28, 1974) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio from 2013 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a member of the Cincinnati City Council and a partner ...

named

and Carl Lindner III as the shared holders of the Cincinnatian of the Year award for their work managing FC Cincinnati.

Personal life

Lindner has been identified as a "devout Christian," and begins each day with thirty minutes of prayer. He and his wife Martha have four children and three grandchildren and reside in Cincinnati.

References

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