William F. Hagerty

William F. Hagerty
United States Ambassador to Japan Nominee
Taking office TBD*
President	Donald Trump
Succeeding	Jason Hyland (Acting)
Personal details
Born	William Francis Hagerty IV August 1959 (age 57)
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Chrissy Hagerty
Education	Vanderbilt University (BA, JD)
*Pending Senate confirmation

William Francis "Bill" Hagerty IV (born August 1959) is the managing director and co-founder of Hagerty Peterson & Company, a private equity investment firm. On March 27, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Hagerty to serve as United States Ambassador to Japan, succeeding Obama appointee Caroline Kennedy.

Hagerty is a native of Tennessee and graduated from Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Law School. He began his career at Boston Consulting Group, culminating in a three-year assignment to Tokyo. Hagerty served as an economic advisor under president George H. W. Bush, and then began a career in private equity, initially at Trident Capital in Silicon Valley. He was Mitt Romney's national finance chairman for his 2008 presidential campaign.

From 2011 to 2014, Hagerty served as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in the cabinet of Governor Bill Haslam, where he played a role in investments by Bridgestone, Calsonic Kansei and Nissan in Tennessee. He also led the Nashville MLS Steering Committee, a coalition seeking to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to Nashville.

Hagerty has served on the boards of CyMed, NEW Customer Services, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Ryman Hospitality, Pinnacle Financial Partners and R.J. O'Brien.

During the early stages of the 2016 presidential election, Hagerty was a donor to Jeb Bush and ran as a Bush delegate. He became a supporter of Donald Trump following Trump's clinching of the Republican nomination, and was selected in August 2016 as director of appointments for the Trump presidential transition team.

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