George Herbert Walker III

George Herbert Walker, III
Born	1931 St. Louis, Missouri
Alma mater	Yale University Harvard Law School
Occupation	Businessman, diplomat
Spouse(s)	Carol Banta
Children	8, including George Herbert Walker IV
Parent(s)	George Herbert Walker, Jr. Mary Carter
Relatives	Thomas Walker (paternal great-great-great-grandfather) David Davis Walker (paternal great-grandfather) George Herbert Walker (paternal grandfather)

George Herbert Walker III (born 1931 in St. Louis), commonly known as Bert Walker, is an American heir, businessman, diplomat and philanthropist. A member of the Bush family, he served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary from 2003 to 2006.

George Herbert Walker, III, was born in 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri. His paternal great-great-great-grandfather, Thomas Walker, was an English slavetrader. His paternal grandfather, George Herbert Walker, was the founder of G. H. Walker & Co., which is now part of the Merrill Lynch conglomerate. He also served as the President of W.A. Harriman Co. (1916-1929), which is now known as Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.. His father, George Herbert Walker, Jr., was the cofounder of the New York Mets baseball team with Joan Whitney Payson. His first cousin, George Herbert Walker Bush, served as the President of the United States.

Walker graduated from Yale University in 1953, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. He received a Law degree from the Harvard Law School in 1955. He served in the U. S. Air Force for two years as staff judge advocate at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

Walker then returned to St. Louis and worked first with his grandfather's company, G. H. Walker & company, then with Stifel Nicolaus in 1977. During his term as CEO, Stifel Nicolaus became a publicly traded firm on the .

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