Steven C. Rockefeller Jr. (born July 21, 1960) is an American businessman and member of the Rockefeller family. Rockefeller is the son of

Steven Clark Rockefeller Steven Clark Rockefeller (born April 19, 1936) is a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, and a former dean of Middlebury College. He is one of the oldest living members of the family who still carries the Rockefeller name, in additi ...

and the grandson of former U.S. Vice President

Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky, was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. A member of t ...

. He currently serves as chairman and Chief executive efficer of Rose Rock Group, a private investment firm, founded by members of the Rockefeller family. He currently also serves as a member of the board of the ''Rockefeller Charity Foundation'' and on the committee of

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. Rockefeller has also been active on the Board of Directors of Grameen Foundation and has received a Fulbright Award.

Early life and education

Rockefeller was born July 21, 1960 in New York City, the first son of

(b. 1936) and his Norwegian-born wife Anne-Marie (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Rasmussen). His grandfather was

Nelson A. Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky, was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. A member of t ...

. He received a Bachelor of Arts from

Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2017, the university had about 4,100 full-time undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students, including full-time ...

in 1985, and a Master of Business Administration in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management in 1990.

Career

Prior to Rock Capital Group, Rockefeller served as Managing Director of Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management and was a key founder of the Deutsche Bank Microcredit Development Fund, a unique partnership between the bank and its clients to support

microcredit :''This article is specific to small loans, often provided in a pooled manner. For direct payments to individuals for specific projects, see Micropatronage. For financial services to the poor, see Microfinance. For small payments, see Micropayme ...

programs worldwide. Rockefeller served as a member of the Board of Directors at Grameen Foundation for seven years. He also served on the Foundation's Development Committee, where he focused on technical support, fundraising, micro-credit programs and public health service. Rockefeller received a Fulbright Award in 2005 in recognition of his dedicated service to poverty alleviation and longstanding support of micro-credit programs.

Personal life

In 1990, Rockefeller married Kimberly (

Eckles), who currently serves on the board of the Friends of the

Rockefeller State Park Preserve Rockefeller State Park Preserve is a state park in Mount Pleasant, New York in the eastern foothills of the Hudson River in Westchester County. Common activities in the park include horse-riding, walking, jogging, running, bird-watching, and f ...

and is also a venture capitalist. They have three children; * Steven Clark Rockefeller, III. (born 1987), who married Lacey McKeon, daughter of

John F. McKeon John F. McKeon (born June 3, 1958) is an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2002, where he represents the New Jersey's 27th legislative district, 27th ...

, an assemblyman from New Jersey, in 2019. They both graduated from

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

. He currently is a commercial real estate broker for Cushman & Wakefield and serves on the operating committee of the Rockefeller Family Office. * Christian Aldrich Rockefeller (born January 3, 1991), who married Erica Cadigan, a daughter of Dr. John B. Cadigan, III., of Boston, Massachusetts, at Harvard Club Boston in March 2022. In 2013, while studying at

, was among six students arrested and charged on vandalism charges and trespassing on

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.> They currently reside in Pleasantville, New York.

References

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