Ronald Virgil Pelosi (born November 2, 1934) is an American businessman and public figure in San Francisco, California.

Biography

Pelosi was born in San Francisco in an Italian-American family on November 2, 1934, and was reared in that city. He has a brother,

Paul Pelosi Paul Francis Pelosi Sr. (born April 15, 1940) is an American businessman who owns and operates Financial Leasing Services, Inc., a San Francisco-based real estate and venture capital investment and consulting firm. He was the owner of the Sacrame ...

. He earned a bachelor's degree in American history from

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in 1956, the same year he and Barbara Newsom were married; they divorced in 1977. He was remarried in 1979, to Susan Ferguson. His children were Carolyn and Cynthia (died 1970), Brennan, Matt Pelosi, Laurence (born 1971) and Andrew (born 1981). He is the brother-in-law of

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, the

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. He is a former uncle-by-marriage of

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Business experience

Finance

Pelosi engaged in the securities industry with

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, Dean Witter & Co. and was a partner in

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, an executive search firm and president of the Longwood Company, a member firm of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. He was also president of Forward Funds, a diversified

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group, of Webster Investment Management, registered investment advisers; and Trenholm Associates. Pelosi is on the

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of the Pacific Corporate Group, a private equity fund and executive director, of Pacific Asset Management.

Mediation and arbitration

Pelosi was a mediator or arbitrator for the

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, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Futures Association, New York Stock Exchange and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. He was a panel member of the

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and the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange.

Public service

Pelosi was a member of the San Francisco City Planning Commission, and of the

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from 1968 to 1980, of which he was president from 1978 to 1980. He was chairman of the board of the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System and was on the boards of directors of the Association of Bay Area Governments,

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District and the

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. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for

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in 1972. He took just 40.1 percent of the vote against Republican

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, who had 59 percent.

References

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