1. Robert Frank Agostinelli was born on May 21,1953 and is an American billionaire financier who is the chairman and co-founder of private equity firm Rhone Group.
16 Facts About Robert Agostinelli
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Robert Agostinelli was born to Italian immigrant parents outside of Rochester, New York, and attended the Aquinas Institute.
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Robert Agostinelli obtained his BA from St John Fisher College in 1976 and then his MBA at Columbia Business School at Columbia University.
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Robert Agostinelli is actively engaged in the sourcing and monitoring of investments across all industries and leads the firm's investor relations activities.
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Robert Agostinelli is a director and advisor for several European and American philanthropic and civic institutions.
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Robert Agostinelli is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a leading supporter of neoconservative causes.
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Robert Agostinelli is a founding member of the Friends of Israel Initiative.
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Robert Agostinelli is former vice-chairman of the Council for the United States and Italy, a member of the Investment Committee of Corporate World Opportunities of BSI Group.
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In 2008 Robert Agostinelli, provided substantial funding to the presidential campaigns of John McCain and Rudy Giuliani.
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Robert Agostinelli is a friend of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.
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Robert Agostinelli is a senior member of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation led by the American Patriots Campaign Cabinet, and a senior board director on the American Italian Cancer Foundation.
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Robert Agostinelli is on the board of trustees of the National Review Institute and the American Veterans Center Robert Agostinelli is known for writing articles in the Wall Street Journal and The Washington Times on various political, economic and social issues.
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Robert Agostinelli was listed in 1997 as a member of the Bilderberg Group.
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Robert Agostinelli is based between New York City and Palm Beach, and he maintains additional homes in London and Paris, all of which have interiors designed by Jacques Grange.
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In 2014 Robert Agostinelli reportedly purchased the first landmarked estate in Palm Beach known as "La Loma" built by Gustav Maass and John Volk, which was on the market for $14.5 million through Sotheby's International Realty and sold for $12 million.
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Robert Agostinelli is the father of the Swiss-based artist Massimo Agostinelli.