Jared Polis
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 2nd district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Udall |
| Member of the Colorado State Board of Education At-large |
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In office 2001–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Ben Alexander |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
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Jared Schutz May 12, 1975 Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Freedom Caucus |
| Domestic partner | Marlon Reis |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (BA) |
| Website | House website |
Jared Schutz Polis (/ˈpɔːlᵻs/) (born May 12, 1975) is an American politician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. A Democrat, Polis is the member of the United States House of Representatives for Colorado's 2nd congressional district, serving since 2009. He is a former member of the Colorado State Board of Education. Polis is the first openly gay parent in Congress. He consistently ranks as one of the wealthiest members of the United States Congress, with a personal net worth estimated at nearly $400 million.
Polis is the son of Stephen Schutz and Susan Polis Schutz, founders of greeting card and book publisher Blue Mountain Arts. He was born at Boulder Community Hospital in Boulder, CO in 1975. He lived in San Diego, CA during his high school years, and graduated from La Jolla Country Day School in three years with multiple honors. He also received a Bachelor of Arts in politics from Princeton University.
Polis co-founded American Information Systems (AIS), Inc while still in college. AIS was an internet access provider and was sold in 1998. In 1996, he co-founded a free electronic greeting card website, Bluemountain.com, which was sold to Excite@Home in 1999 for $430 million in stock and $350 million in cash.
In February 1998, Polis founded ProFlowers, an online florist, in La Jolla, California. In December of that year, economist Dr. Arthur Laffer began advising Polis and joined ProFlowers as a Director. ProFlowers, later renamed Provide Commerce, Inc., went public on NASDAQ as PRVD on December 17, 2003. In 2005, Provide Commerce was acquired by media conglomerate Liberty Media Corporation for $477 million.
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