Robert Brockman was charged in October 2020 with running a $2 billion tax evasion scheme.
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14 Facts About Robert Brockman
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Robert Brockman's father Alfred Eugene Brockman was a gas-station owner and his mother, Pearl was a physiotherapist.
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Robert Brockman started his career in 1964 as a marketing trainee with Ford Motors and was a Marine Corps reservist at the same time.
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Robert Brockman founded Universal Computer Systems, a computer systems and software provider for car dealerships, in 1970 in his living room.
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Robert Brockman sold its first in-dealership computer system in 1982.
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Robert Brockman was accused of engaging in a 20-year long scheme to hide around $2 billion in income from the IRS.
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Robert Brockman pleaded not guilty and was released on a $1 million bond.
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Robert Brockman married Dorothy Kay Brockman in 1968; the couple lived in Houston.
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Robert Brockman was known to be very private individual and refused public interviews.
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Robert Brockman owned a Bombardier private jet, a 209-foot yacht named Turmoil, a 17,000-sq.
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Robert Brockman was a prolific donor to Republican groups and causes.
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Robert Brockman has donated money to, and has two named buildings on the campus of, Rice University in Houston.
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Robert Brockman was on the Council of Overseers of the Jesse H Jones Graduate School of Business.
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Robert Brockman served on the Board of Trustees of Centre College and Baylor College of Medicine.
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