Robert Byron Gillam (July 7, 1946 – September 12, 2018) was an American investor. He was the founder and chairman of
McKinley Capital Management, an
asset management firm, until his death in 2018.
Early life
Robert Gillam graduated from the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
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in 1968.
He received a master of business administration degree from the
UCLA Anderson School of Management
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in 1969.
Career
Gillam worked for Foster & Marshall, a financial firm, until it was acquired by
American Express in 1982.
He worked for Boettcher and Company from 1982 to 1985.
Gillam was the founder of
McKinley Capital Management, an asset management firm.
He served as its chairman.
As of 2015, it had US$7 billion of assets under management.
Political activity
Gillam was a
Republican
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Political ideology
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. After the
2016 presidential election
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January
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, he was regarded as a contender to be
secretary of the interior under
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
, though
Ryan Zinke
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was ultimately chosen for the position.
He was also considered a potential candidate for
governor of Alaska in
2018
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, but he did not run.
Personal life
Gillam resided in
Anchorage, Alaska, near
Campbell Lake.
[ He spent $30 million opposing the proposed Pebble Mine, which would have been close to his ]Lake Clark
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fishing lodge. He was married to the former Mary Lou Couch, and had five children.Providence Alaska Medical Center
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in Anchorage on September 12, 2018, aged 72, from complications of a stroke he had the day prior.
References
1946 births
2018 deaths
20th-century American businesspeople
21st-century American businesspeople
Alaska Republicans
American financial company founders
Businesspeople from Anchorage, Alaska
Businesspeople from Fairbanks, Alaska
Deaths from intracranial aneurysm
UCLA Anderson School of Management alumni
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni
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