- George Kaiser
George B. Kaiser (born 1942) is an American self-made
billionaire businessman andchairman ofBOK Financial Corporation .Biography
Born in 1942, he attended
Tulsa public schools, and went on to earn abachelor's degree andMBA fromHarvard University . He briefly considered joining the U.S. Foreign Service, but instead returned to Tulsa in 1966 to work for his father. Kaiser-Francis Oil Co. was created in the 1940s by Mr. Kaiser's uncle and parents, Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who settled in Oklahoma. [http://www.energybulletin.net/1193.html] Kaiser took control of Kaiser-Francis Oil Company in 1969. In 1990, Kaiser bought the Bank of Oklahoma, N.A. from the FDIC, the government agency that guarantees the soundness of the nation's major savings institutions. Buying the Bank of Oklahoma landed Kaiser on the Forbes 400 wealthiest Americans. As of 2007, Kaiser's ownership interests in BOKF were worth $2.3 billion. With an estimated current net worth of around $11 billion, he is ranked by "Forbes " as the 26-richest person in America.Personal
He is married with 3 children. Splits time, with new wife, Myra, between Tulsa, OK and San Francisco.
Philanthropy
Fights childhood poverty through "George Kaiser Family Foundation", He is also a major benefactor to the Jewish community in Oklahoma, which numbers about 5,000 people [http://www.energybulletin.net/1193.html] .
External links
* [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_George-B-Kaiser_OXNB.html Forbes 400]
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