Lewis Polk Rutherfurd (born August 3, 1944) is an American-born financier who lives in

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. He was married to Janet Jennings Auchincloss, the half-sister of First Lady Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Bouvier from 1966 until her death in 1985. In 1989, he married Katharine duPont Sanger, the granddaughter of

Lammot du Pont II Lammot du Pont II (October 12, 1880 – July 24, 1952) was an American businessman who was the head of the du Pont family's E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for 22 years. Early life He was born on October 12, 1880, in Wilmington, Delaware. H ...

Early life

Rutherfurd, born , is the son of Alice Polk and Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr. of New York and

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, former president of Coast Metals, a manufacturer of hard-surface metals in Little Ferry, N.J. the grandson of

Winthrop Rutherfurd Winthrop Chanler Rutherfurd (February 4, 1862 – March 19, 1944) was an American socialite from New York, best known for his romance with Consuelo Vanderbilt and his marriage to Lucy Mercer, mistress to American President Franklin D. Roosev ...

and Frank L. Polk,

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's cabinet and named founder of

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, and the great-grandson of

Levi P. Morton Levi Parsons Morton (May 16, 1824 – May 16, 1920) was the 22nd vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He also served as United States ambassador to France, as a U.S. representative from New York, and as the 31st Governor of Ne ...

, the former Governor of New York and

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under

Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833March 13, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia–a grandson of the ninth pr ...

. Rutherfurd attended

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

, graduating in 1966 with a

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in East Asian Studies, and later Harvard, where he earned an

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with distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business.

Career

In 1989, Rutherfurd was a managing director of Royal Trust Enterprise Capital, a venture capital firm in Hong Kong. Rutherfurd set up Inter-Asia Venture Management, Ltd, a venture capital firm, in Hong Kong in 1972, raising a $1 million for their first fund. They went on to complete 15 investments. Their first notable deal, in 1974, was the expansion of

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into Hong Kong. As of March 2016, Rutherfurd was the co-founder and Managing Director of Inter-Asia Venture Management, Ltd. Rutherfurd was a former Governor and Vice President of the

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in Hong Kong, an Advisory Board member of

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and a former trustee of

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. He is past Co-Chairman and executive committee member of the

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Association and acts as trustee of the Mary Wood Foundation.

Personal life

On July 30, 1966, he married Janet Jennings Auchincloss (1945–1985), the daughter of stockbroker Hugh Dudley Auchincloss, Jr. (1897–1976) and socialite Janet Norton Lee (1907–1989). Auchincloss had two half-sisters from her mother's first marriage to stockbroker John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier III,

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and

Lee Radziwill Caroline Lee Bouvier ( ), later Canfield, Radziwiłł (), and Ross (March 3, 1933 – February 15, 2019), usually known as Princess Lee Radziwill, was an American socialite, public-relations executive, and interior decorator. She was the y ...

, three half-siblings from her father's previous marriages: Hugh III (born 1927), Nina (born 1935), and Thomas (born 1937), and one younger brother born to her parents, James Lee Auchincloss (born 1947). After their marriage, the couple moved to

, where she later founded an overseas chapter of the League of Women Voters. They had three children: * Lewis Stuyvesant Rutherfurd * Andrew Hugh Auchincloss Rutherfurd * Alexandra Rutherfurd Janet died of

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at the age of 39 in a

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hospital on March 13, 1985. On June 10, 1989, Rutherfurd married Katharine duPont Sanger. Sanger was the president of Windsurfing of Sanibel, a Florida sailboard and sports clothing shop, and graduated from

Wheelock College Wheelock College (Wheelock) was a private college in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1888 by Lucy Wheelock as Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Training School, it offered undergraduate and graduate programs that focused on the Arts & Sciences, ...

. Her father was a Republican state senator and president pro tem in Delaware. Her stepfather was the retired president and founder of Laird and Company, an investment concern in Wilmington, and she was the granddaughter of

. They divorced in 1994.''Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rutherfurd, Lewis Polk 1944 births Living people Businesspeople from New York City Rutherfurd family Princeton University alumni Harvard Business School alumni Polk family Morton family (United States)