Marvin Pierce Bush (born October 22, 1956) is an American businessman. He is the son of former U.S. president George H. W. Bush and First Lady

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and the brother of former U.S. president George W. Bush; former Florida Governor

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; the late Pauline Robinson Bush;

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; and

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Biography

Early life

Marvin Pierce Bush was born on October 22, 1956, in Midland, Texas, and was named after his maternal grandfather, Marvin Pierce. He attended

Woodberry Forest School Woodberry Forest School is a private, all-male boarding school located in Woodberry Forest, Madison County, Virginia, in the United States. Woodberry's current enrollment is 405. Students come from 28 U.S. states (plus the District of Columbi ...

in Virginia, graduating in 1975. He went on to obtain a

B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...

degree in English from the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

, where he became a member of the

Delta Phi Delta Phi () is a fraternity founded in 1827 at Union College in Schenectady, New York consisting of ten active chapters along the East Coast of the United States. The fraternity also uses the names "St. Elmo," "St. Elmo Hall," or merely "Elmo" ...

fraternity (St. Elmo Hall). He spent most summers and holidays at the Bush family estate.

Career

He worked as director of HCC Insurance Holdings. HCC, formerly Houston Casualty Company, is a publicly traded

insurance company Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...

on the

New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed ...

. He appears in the 2008 award-winning documentary on

Lee Atwater Harvey LeRoy "Lee" Atwater (February 27, 1951 – March 29, 1991) was an American political consultant and strategist for the Republican Party. He was an adviser to US presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Repub ...

, '' Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story''. He served on the board of directors for SECURACOM from 1993 to June 2000.

Personal life

He is married to Margaret Conway ('' née'' Molster; born 1959). They have two adopted children: a daughter, Marshall Lloyd (born 1984), and a son, Charles Walker (born 1989).

Politics

In the 2016 presidential election, Bush endorsed Libertarian candidate

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, over either

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candidate

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or Democratic candidate

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. He stated that Johnson and running mate

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were both two-term governors, who are "fiscally conservative, and their essential message is 'get bureaucracy off our backs', which used to be a part of what the Republicans believed."Washington Times: Marvin Bush voting for Gary Johnson
br/>"That's why I'm voting Libertarian. A hundred percent … both Gary Johnson and Bill Weld were each successful two-term governors who balanced their budgets, so they're fiscally conservative, and their essential message is 'get bureaucracy off our backs,' which used to be a part of what the Republicans believed," said Mr. Bush, brother of President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, in an appearance on "The Sports Junkies" show on WJFK-FM, 106.7 The Fan. He said that a list of controversies made Clinton untrustworthy, and cited Trump's negativity. Bush previously endorsed his brother

, who lost the Republican primary. His announcement was consistent with his family's general opposition to Trump. In the Republican primaries, however, another Bush brother,

, joined the

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election campaign on the finance team.

References

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