Willard Mitt Romney is a politician and businessman, he was born on March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan.
Raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Mitt Romney attended the prestigious Cranbrook School before receiving a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 1971. He entered Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School and received both a law degree and MBA in 1975.
Mitt Romney is the son of George Romney, Michigan governor and Republican presidential candidate (he was defeated by Richard Nixon in 1968), before plunging into politics, Mitt Romney began his career in business. He worked for management consulting firm Bain & Company before founding the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984. In 1994, he ran for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts but was defeated by incumbent Edward Kennedy, long time.
In 1999, Romney stepped into the national spotlight when he took over as president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. He helped rescue the 2002 Winter Olympics from financial crisis and ethics, and helmed a successful Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002.
Mitt Romney parlayed his success with the Olympics into politics when he was elected governor of Massachusetts in 2003. After serving one term, he declined to run for re-election and announced a bid for U.S. president.
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is 70 2003-2007 and is a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
"I believe that Americans are not lazy - not soft, not lose ambition or creativity," said Romney. But "they are being held today by the government is too big, who think they know more than it does and that needs to be replaced by people who believe in the fundamental American principles and America's future."
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