George Seay is a

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, Texas-based businessman, co-founder and chairman of Annandale Capital, and conservative political leader. Seay previously served as Texas finance chairman for Texas Governor Rick Perry's 2012 Presidential campaign, and was a senior adviser to Marco Rubio's 2016 Presidential campaign. Seay is a 7th generation Texan and the grandson of

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, who served as the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction. He serves on numerous boards and philanthropic groups, including The University of Texas

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Advisory Board, The Clements Center for National Security, The Texas-Israel Alliance, 7th Generation Foundation, New Covenant Foundation, Hope Through Healing Hands and the Southwestern Medical Foundation.

Early life

George Seay was born in Dallas, Texas in 1967, the son of Nancy Clements Seay and George Edward Seay, Jr. He attended

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, where he was co-captain of the Highland Park Football team, was the 1984-1985 Student Council President and recipient of the prestigious Blanket Award for exemplifying the four pillars of the National Honor Society: scholarship, character, leadership, and service. After receiving opportunities to attend

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and

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, he chose to attend the

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, where he received a Bachelor of History degree (

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). He also received his MBA from UT Austin, with a Dean's Award for Academic Excellence. He attended

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Law School where he graduated with his J.D. degree (

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). While at SMU, he was the president of the SMU Law Review Association and member of the Order of the Barristers (limited to the top 11 law students based upon leadership, scholarship, service and character).

Career

Seay began his career working as a campaign aide to his grandfather, Texas Governor

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, during his 1986 campaign for re-election. His other political and policy roles include time spent as an aide to

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in the U.S. State Department in Washington. Following graduation from SMU, Seay worked as an attorney in Dallas at the office of Locke Purnell Rain Harrell. From 1994-1996, he was employed as a commercial litigator in areas including transportation law, commercial contracts, mediation, aviation law, and appellate law. Following this, he moved to Austin, TX to start his own law practice, while simultaneously pursuing his MBA at the

. In 1998, at his great uncle's urging, Seay founded Seay Stewardship and Investment Company, specializing in U.S. stocks and bonds. Seay served as

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from 1998-2008, as the firm branched out to a broader range of investments including oil and gas, real estate, private equity and venture capital. Following this, Seay co-founded with Cullum Clark and Lee Blaylock, his second investment firm Annandale Capital, LLC, in 2005 which manages money for high net worth individuals, families, and institutional clients.

Politics

Seay is an active participant in

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politics, having been on the campaign team for Mitt Romney's Presidential run in 2008, serving as a senior adviser and financial supporter. In 2012, he served as Texas Finance Chairmen for then-Texas Gov.

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in his run for president. Since then, he supported

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Senator

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, in his 2016 run for president, including hosting fundraisers at his home. Seay is also the co-founder of Legacy, a national fellowship of business and civic leaders committed to policy, philanthropy, and political engagement. Seay is the chairman of the Texas-Israel Alliance.

Personal life

Seay resides in Dallas, TX with his wife Gretchen, his three children, and three step-children. In his free time, he enjoys time spent with family, specifically "in the San Juan mountains of southwestern Colorado and the Texas Hill Country", as well as hunting and fishing.

References

External links

Official website
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