1. Douglas Frederick Manchester was born on June 3,1942 and is an American businessman and philanthropist.
29 Facts About Doug Manchester
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Doug Manchester is the former chairman of Manchester Financial Group, past chairman and publisher of The San Diego Union-Tribune, and an unsuccessful nominee to become United States Ambassador to the Bahamas.
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Doug Manchester is a longtime supporter of conservative causes and Republican candidates.
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Doug Manchester was an early financial supporter of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and donated $1 million to his inauguration.
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Doug Manchester attended La Jolla High School where he played football.
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Doug Manchester then went to San Diego State College, where he was a member of Sigma Chi and worked as a campus representative for an insurance company.
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Doug Manchester built the 595-foot-tall, 1,066 room Fairmont Austin Hotel, in Austin, Texas, completed in 2018, and the Doug Manchester Pacific Gateway, located on the waterfront in downtown San Diego.
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Doug Manchester's activities have helped to revitalize the San Diego downtown waterfront.
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Doug Manchester was a major influence in persuading the city of San Diego to build the San Diego Convention Center.
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In 2011, Doug Manchester bought The San Diego Union-Tribune from Platinum Equity.
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In 2015, Doug Manchester sold The San Diego Union-Tribune to Tribune Publishing Company after selling the building for redevelopment.
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Doug Manchester was manager of 101 MPG, LLC; MLIM Holdings, LLC, and Manchester Texas Financial Group LLC Doug Manchester had major holdings in Brookfield Asset Management, Disney, Apple, Exxon Mobil, Wal-Mart, Ford, tronc, and Pfizer.
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Doug Manchester is the sole owner of M Resorts, Inc.
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Doug Manchester donates to Republican candidates at both the local and national level, and once described Donald Rumsfeld as his hero.
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Doug Manchester was an early supporter of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, donating $50,000 to a Trump-aligned super PAC in 2015, and was a Trump delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention.
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In May 2017 Trump nominated Doug Manchester to become the United States ambassador to The Bahamas, where he owns a house.
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Doug Manchester appeared before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on August 2,2017.
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Doug Manchester's nomination was returned to the President at the close of the 115th Congress, but was resubmitted to the 116th Congress on January 16,2019.
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Doug Manchester again appeared before the Committee on Foreign Relations on June 20,2019.
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Doug Manchester erroneously described the Bahamas as a US protectorate rather than an independent country within the British Commonwealth in congressional questioning.
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Doug Manchester donated $5 million each to San Diego State University and Wake Forest University.
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Doug Manchester made multimillion-dollar donations to the University of San Diego and The Bishop's School.
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Doug Manchester co-founded the San Diego Crime Commission and San Diego Port Tenants Association.
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Doug Manchester donated funds to build the maternity wing at Scripps Memorial Hospital and helped build the Cathedral Catholic High School football stadium.
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Doug Manchester is the founding chair of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society of United Way and gives money to St Vincent de Paul, the National Conference of Christians and Jews and Billy Graham Crusade.
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Doug Manchester is a former trustee of the University of San Diego and of Wake Forest University.
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Doug Manchester has served on the board of trustees for the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and the San Diego Symphony.
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Doug Manchester and divorced Russian immigrant Geniya Derzhavina were married in December 2013 and they had three children.
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Doug Manchester filed for marriage dissolution in October 2019 and the couple divorced in December 2019.