George E Norcross III was born on March 16,1956 and is an American businessman, organizer, and political boss.
27 Facts About George Norcross
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George Norcross is chairman of the board of trustees for Cooper University Health Care System, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Cooper University Hospital, all in Camden, New Jersey, and has served as a trustee since 1990.
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George Norcross led the effort to create the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and to partner with MD Anderson Cancer Center to create the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, which opened in 2013.
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George Norcross has been a prominent political leader in New Jersey for more than 30 years, since before he became chairman of the Camden County Democratic Committee in 1989, a position he held until 1993.
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George Norcross was a member of the Democratic National Committee until 2021 when he changed his voter registration to Florida.
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George Norcross formerly belonged to Mar-a-Lago, the club owned by United States president Donald Trump.
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In June 2024, George Norcross was indicted on 13 charges of racketeering and criminal enterprise by State Attorney General Matthew Platkin.
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George Norcross's father was active in the community of Camden, served as a board member of Cooper University Hospital, and chaired the board of Camden County's United Way.
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George Norcross has three brothers: Donald, a United States Congressman representing New Jersey's 1st congressional district; Philip, managing partner of the law firm Parker McCay; and John, a psychologist, author, and professor at the University of Scranton.
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George Norcross was named the second most powerful man in the New Jersey business world by NJBiz.
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In September 2015, George Norcross was announced as one of the local investors in The Camden Waterfront, a $1 billion development on Camden's waterfront initially developed by Liberty Property Trust and designed by Robert AM Stern.
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George Norcross said he would invest $50 million in the project, and in March 2017, George Norcross announced his company would move to the Camden waterfront as part of a $245 million development.
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George Norcross is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cooper University Health Care System, Cooper University Hospital and the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, in Camden, New Jersey.
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George Norcross has served as a Cooper trustee since 1990.
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George Norcross launched the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and helped to facilitate the opening of the MD Anderson Cooper Cancer Center in October 2013.
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In November 2014, Cooper and George Norcross were awarded the "Seven Seals" award by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve in recognition of the program.
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In February 2012, George Norcross penned an op-ed in the Courier-Post praising the idea of merging Rowan University and Rutgers-Camden.
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George Norcross was considered the "political boss" of the "Democratic machine" in New Jersey, particularly in South Jersey.
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George Norcross held significant sway over local party organizations, fundraising, and candidates' access to the county line.
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George Norcross was chairman of the Camden County Democratic Party from 1989 to 1995 and was a prolific fundraiser, with influence over many county jobs and contracts.
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Governor Jon Corzine's loss to Chris Christie in the 2009 gubernatorial election was credited in part to George Norcross's not having used his machine to mobilize voters for Corzine.
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George Norcross subsequently had a positive relationship with the Republican governor.
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George Norcross was the subject of a federal investigation in 2016 where his phones were wiretapped.
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George Norcross has been associated with businesses that are alleged to have received special treatment from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
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George Norcross sued the State of New Jersey to stop the highly critical report from becoming public.
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George Norcross was previously listed as a resident of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, but in 2023, Norcross was reported to be an official resident of Florida, living there "about 90 percent of [the] time".
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George Norcross was listed as one of the state's wealthiest people, ranked 41st in New Jersey in 2015 with a net worth of almost $250 million.