Ronald N. Tutor (born 1940/1941) is an American businessman. He is chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tutor Perini, and president of the

Tutor-Saliba Corporation Tutor Perini Corporation (formerly Perini Corporation) is one of the largest general contractors in the United States as a result of the merger of Perini Corporation and Tutor-Saliba Corporation in 2008. At the end of 2013, it reported annual r ...

Early life

Ronald N. Tutor was born in

Sherman Oaks Sherman Oaks (founded in 1927) is a neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles, California within the San Fernando Valley region. The neighborhood includes a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, which gives Sherman Oaks a lower population densit ...

, California, and is of

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

n descent. His father, A.G. Tutor, founded A.G. Tutor Co., a real estate development company, in 1949. The company built "houses and small commercial buildings".

Education

Tutor was educated at Harvard Westlake and Van Nuys High School. He graduated from the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...

in 1963.

Career

Tutor started a career in construction shortly after graduation, working for Tutor-Saliba and A.G. Tutor Co. He now serves as Chairman, CEO and President of Tutor Perini, and President of the Tutor-Perini Corporation. He received the United States Army Corps of Engineers National Contractor of the Year Award for Civil Works Projects in 1994.

Miramax investment

In 2010, Tutor was a lead investor in the $650 million purchase of

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from

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, investing between US$35 million and US$50 million.Alex Ben Block
Ron Tutor Sells His Miramax Stake
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'', 1/21/2013 The acquisition started with a lavish party that included

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and

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. In 2013, he sold his stake to the

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Philanthropy

Tutor serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, USC. Tutor gifted USC The Ronald Tutor Campus Center and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Tutor Hall, which are named in his honor. He has received the Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award from USC. He donated US$2 million to the USC Institute of Armenian Studies in 2008. In 2014, his wife Alia endowed the Alia Tutor Chair in Reproductive Medicine at the

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. In 2022, his wife donated $17.5 million to

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to fund the redesign of the law school library, the largest single commitment in the school's history.

Personal life

Tutor has two sons with his wife, Alia, and three daughters from previous marriages. One of his daughters is Tracy Tutor, a main cast member on the real estate reality television program, ''

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''."Mega-builder lists in Hidden Hills", ''

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'' (January 23, 2010), p. 31.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tutor, Ronald Living people American people of Armenian descent Businesspeople from Los Angeles Marshall School of Business alumni People from Hidden Hills, California American chief executives People from Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles 1940s births Year of birth missing (living people)