Steven Clark Rockefeller Jr. (born July 21, 1960) is an American businessman and member of the Rockefeller family. Rockefeller is the son of Steven Clark Rockefeller and the grandson of former U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller.
Steven C. Rockefeller Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | Steven Clark Rockefeller Jr. July 21, 1960 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Fairfield University (BA) Yale School of Management (MBA) |
| Years active | 1988 - present |
| Employer | Rose Rock Group |
| Title | Chairman and CEO |
| Spouse |
Kimberly Eckles
(m. 1990) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent | Steven Clark Rockefeller |
| Relatives | Nelson A. Rockefeller (grandfather) |
He currently serves as chairman and chief executive officer of Rose Rock Group, a private investment firm, founded by members of the Rockefeller family.[1] He currently also serves as a member of the board of the Rockefeller Charity Foundation and on the committee of Rockefeller University. Rockefeller has also been active on the Board of Directors of Grameen Foundation and has received a Fulbright Award.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
editRockefeller was born July 21, 1960, in New York City, the first son of Steven Clark Rockefeller (b. 1936) and his Norwegian-born wife Anne-Marie (née Rasmussen). His grandfather was Nelson A. Rockefeller. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Fairfield University in 1985, and a Master of Business Administration in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management in 1990.[5]
Career
editPrior to Rock Capital Group, Rockefeller served as Managing Director of Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management and was a key founder of the Deutsche Bank Microcredit Development Fund, a unique partnership between the bank and its clients to support microcredit programs worldwide.[6]
Rockefeller served as a member of the Board of Directors at Grameen Foundation for seven years. He also served on the Foundation's Development Committee, where he focused on technical support, fundraising, micro-credit programs and public health service.[7] Rockefeller received a Fulbright Award in 2005 in recognition of his dedicated service to poverty alleviation and longstanding support of micro-credit programs.[8]
Personal life
editIn 1990, Rockefeller married the former Kimberly Eckles, who currently serves on the board of the Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve and is also a venture capitalist. They have three children:
- Steven Clark Rockefeller III (born 1987), who married Lacey McKeon, daughter of John F. McKeon, a state senator from New Jersey, in 2019. They both graduated from Boston College. He currently is a commercial real estate broker for Cushman & Wakefield and serves on the operating committee of the Rockefeller Family Office.[9]
- Christian Aldrich Rockefeller (born January 3, 1991),[10] who married Erica Cadigan, a daughter of Dr. John B. Cadigan III, of Boston, Massachusetts, at Harvard Club Boston in March 2022.[11] In 2013, while studying at Boston College, he was among six students arrested and charged on vandalism charges and trespassing on St. Patrick's Day.[12][13]
- Kayla Rockefeller (born 1999)
They currently reside in Pleasantville, New York.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Steven Rockefeller Jr. Visits Tzu Chi". www.tzuchi.org.tw. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ https://cpl.hks.harvard.edu/files/cpl/files/workingpaper_44.pdf
- ^ https://files.givewell.org/files/Round2Apps/Cause2/Grameen%20Foundation/Annual%20Report.pdf
- ^ "BloombergBusiness Executive Profile: Stephen C. Rockefeller Jr". bloomberg.com. BloombergBusiness. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ^ a b "Stephen C. Rockefeller Jr". apecf.org. Asia Pacific Exchange & Cooperation Foundation. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ^ "Grameen Foundation: Stephen C. Rockefeller Jr". grameenfoundation.org. Grameen Foundation. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ "Steven Rockefeller Jr. Visits Tzu Chi". tzuchi.org. Tzu Chi Foundation. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ "Lacey McKeon, Steven Rockefeller". The New York Times. 2019-04-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ United States Public Records
- ^ "Winter Wedding at the Harvard Club of Boston - The Ewings Photo Video". The Ewings. 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Real Rockefeller, 5 other Boston College students busted in break-in". Boston Herald. 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ Andersen, Travis (April 11, 2013). "Rockefeller family member among six Boston College seniors charged with trashing Brighton apartment". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.