Theodore Roosevelt IV | |
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Roosevelt at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in 2012
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Born |
Jacksonville, Florida |
November 27, 1942
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Harvard, A.B. 1965, M.B.A. 1972 |
Known for | Business,Conservatism,Former Navy SEAL |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Constance Lane Rogers (m. 1970—present) |
Children | Theodore Roosevelt V |
Parent(s) |
Theodore Roosevelt III Anne Mason Babcock |
Relatives | See Roosevelt family |
Theodore Roosevelt IV (born November 27, 1942) is an investment banker and managing director at Barclays Capital Corporation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, and the Foreign Policy Association, and serves on the Advisory Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization. Roosevelt is also a prominent conservationist.
Theodore Roosevelt IV was born on November 27, 1942. He is the only son of Theodore Roosevelt III (1914–2001) and Anne Mason Babcock (1917–2001). He earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1965. In 1972, he earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he was a member of the HBS Rugby Club.
Roosevelt is a great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt. As an Oyster Bay Roosevelt, and through his ancestor Cornelius Van Schaack, Jr., he is a descendant of the Schuyler family. His maternal grandparents were George Wheeler Babcock (1879—1950) and Anne Mason Bonnycastle Robinson (1886—1923).
After college, he went to the Navy and was commissioned on as an ensign in the Naval Reserve on June 16, 1965, and he served as a U.S. Navy officer with Underwater Demolition Team 11 (BUD/S Class 36). After completing BUDS he served for two years in Vietnam with the Navy SEALs. He remained in the Naval Reserve after leaving active duty and was promoted to lieutenant commander on April 1, 1974