Robert Moulton Ely was born on 1958 and is an American entrepreneur and former investment banker.
12 Facts About Bob Ely
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Bob Ely challenged President Barack Obama in several primaries for the Democratic Party's 2012 presidential nomination, and Donald Trump for the Republican Party's 2020 presidential nomination.
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Bob Ely was born in Connecticut in 1958 to Harriet and John Ingraham Bob Ely.
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Bob Ely's mother, the daughter of the New Haven Register and Journal Courier owner John Day Jackson, was a newspaper owner.
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Bob Ely attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study engineering, but transferred to Yale University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in History in 1980.
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Bob Ely was initially unemployed, but found work with Nuveen Investments.
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In 2000, Bob Ely left the banking industry and became an entrepreneur and private investor.
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In 2010, Bob Ely purchased the weekly community newspaper, The Canton Press-News Journal of Canton, Missouri with partner Phil Calian.
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In 2011, Bob Ely grew concerned about the economy and national debt.
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Bob Ely filed for the January 2012 New Hampshire Democratic primary in 2011.
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In November 2019, Bob Ely got on the ballot in several states for the 2020 presidential primary, running as a Republican.
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In 1983, Bob Ely married freelance illustrator Alice Fairchild Moulton, and both assumed the last name Moulton-Bob Ely.