Jim Kimsey was the first chairman of the company and its CEO until 1995.
21 Facts About Jim Kimsey
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Jim Kimsey was born in Washington DC in 1939 and grew up in Arlington, Virginia.
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Jim Kimsey served in the US Army, becoming a lieutenant and seeing active participation in US interventions in the Dominican Republic and Vietnam.
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Jim Kimsey served three combat tours as an Airborne Ranger, two in the Vietnam War, earning various awards for service and valor.
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In July 2005, Jim Kimsey was inducted into the US Army Rangers Hall of Fame, which recognizes the United States' most extraordinary Rangers.
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In 1970, after eight years in the military, Jim Kimsey bought a building in downtown Washington, DC, renting out the top floor.
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In May 1983, Jim Kimsey was brought in as a manufacturing consultant for Control Video Corporation by his West Point friend Frank Caufield, an investor in the company.
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Jim Kimsey served as CEO until 1995, when Steve Case took the helm.
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Jim Kimsey was a key investor in, and a director of Triple Canopy, a private military contractor.
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Jim Kimsey was Chairman Emeritus of Refugees International, an independent advocacy group that works to protect refugees and end the cause of displacement.
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Jim Kimsey was a member of the board of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and as a Senior Fellow to the Department of Defense Business Board.
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Jim Kimsey was a member of the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress.
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Jim Kimsey served on the Executive Committee of the National Symphony Orchestra.
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Jim Kimsey funded internships for military academy students through the Jim Kimsey Scholarship.
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Jim Kimsey received Presidential appointments to the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees and the West Point Board of Visitors.
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Jim Kimsey died in McLean, Virginia of cancer on March 1,2016, aged 76.
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Jim Kimsey resided in McLean, Virginia and had three grown sons: Mike, Mark and Ray.
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Jim Kimsey's philanthropy includes the Kimsey Athletic Center at West Point.
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In 2000, Jim Kimsey purchased Marden House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, for $2.5 million.
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In 2001, Jim Kimsey was named Chairman of the International Commission on Missing Persons in Bosnia by Colin Powell.
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On October 30,2006, Kimsey was appointed to the board of trustees of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by President George W Bush.