James Crown

James S. Crown is a businessman. He is president of Henry Crown and Company, a private investment company. He is a director of JPMorgan Chase & Co., General Dynamics and Sara Lee as well as being the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the University of Chicago. A member of Chicago's Crown family, James' father is billionaire Lester Crown. He earned his BA from Hampshire College in 1976 and his law degree from Stanford in 1980. It is believed his family holds ownership in the following companies:

CC Industries, Inc.; General Dynamics Corp. (Resources Group); Material Service Corp.; Freeman United Coal Mining Co.; Freeman Energy Corp.; Century-America LLC; Century Steel LLC; Tishman Speyer Crown Equities; Industrial Insurance Agency, Inc.; Aspen Skiing Co. (Colorado); Citation Oil & Gas Corp.; Crown Theatres, LP; Chicago Sweeteners, Inc.; Eltek, ASA; Great Dane Trailers L.P.; Van Vlissingen & Co.; V & V Food Products, Inc.; Lakewood Homes, Inc.; Lennar Chicago; Crown Golf Properties; Wireless One Network; Active Screw & Fastener, L.P.; Plasco, Inc.; Crown Community Development; Ojai Resort Management (California); Bush Hog, LLC; Woodard, LLC

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* [http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/03/030613.crown.shtml Bio at U. Chicago]