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George Kaiser
American billionaire businessman
Not to be confused with Georg Kaiser.
George Bruce Kaiser (born July 29, 1942) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of BOK Financial Corporation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As of September 2021, he is the 476th richest person in the world[1] and was, in 2012, one of the top 50 American philanthropists.[3]
Early life
Kaiser was born on July 29, 1942, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1][2][4] He attended Central High School in Tulsa.[5] He earned a BA from Harvard College in 1964 and an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1966.[6] 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 Kaiser's uncle and parents, Jewish[7][8] refugees from Nazi Germany who settled in Oklahoma.[9][10]
George's father, Herman George Kaiser, had been an attorney in the district of the Kammergericht in Berlin until
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George B. Kaiser, billionaire oilman and philanthropist from Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the owner, president, and CEO of the GBK Corporation, a holding company in the oil and natural gas industry. He is also the chairman and majority owner of BOK Financial Corporation, which owns Bank of Oklahoma.
Kaiser was embroiled in major controversy in 2011, when the federally backed solar energy company in which he invested, Solyndra, went bust. The Energy Department conducted a four-year investigation and concluded that Solyndra had in fact “provided the Department with statements, assertions, and certifications that were inaccurate and misleading, misrepresented known facts, and, in some instances, omitted information that was highly relevant to key decisions in the process to award and execute the $535 million loan guarantee.” An attempt at a federal rescue of Solyndra was organized in such a way that the final attempt at restructuring “put Kaiser’s foundation ahead of taxpayers of repayment of [a $75 million federal package] in the event of a default.”
Despite backing liberal politicians and
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George Kaiser - Biography
George B. Kaiser (born 1943) is an American businessman. He is the Chairman of BOK Financial Corporation. He is among the top 100 richest people in the world and one of the top 50 American philanthropists.
Early life and career
Kaiser attended Tulsa public schools. He earned a B.A. from Harvard College in 1964 and an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1966. 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 Kaiser's uncle and parents, Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who settled in Oklahoma. 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. In 2008, with an estimated net worth of around $12 billion, he was
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