13 Facts About Sig Rogich

Sig Rogich was senior campaign consultant for former Nevada governors Mike O'Callaghan, Kenny Guinn and Jim Gibbons.

Sig Rogich's father went on to be a foreman at a company that made neon casino signs and his sister was a dancer in Folies Bergere, a review that toured with Sammy Davis Jr.

Sig Rogich worked odd jobs from the time he was small, and as he got older toiled as a busboy at casinos in Las Vegas, and as a bellman at The Lake Tahoe Hotel.

Sig Rogich graduated from Las Vegas High School and studied journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Sig Rogich was a longtime close friend and adviser to Paul Laxalt, former governor and United States Senator from Nevada.

Sig Rogich directed, produced and scripted numerous television ads for the campaign, as well as others for the Republican National Committee.

Sig Rogich is credited with devising the Bush ads that prominently featured Michael Dukakis cruising in a tank at a General Dynamics plant in Michigan.

In 1991, at the request of the President, Sig Rogich accompanied former Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on his nationwide tour of the US.

In 1992, Sig Rogich was named United States Ambassador to his native country of Iceland by President Bush, Sr.

Sig Rogich was a Bush Pioneer and an early supporter and senior advisor of longtime friend John McCain in the 2008 presidential contest.

Sig Rogich's company has worked with clients both nationally and globally and has been involved with most of the major gaming companies in Las Vegas.

Ex-heavyweight champ Mike Tyson hired Sig Rogich to burnish his image after biting Evander Holyfield's ear in their infamous 1997 match.

Sig Rogich is a former Nevada Athletic Commission chairman and state boxing commissioner as well as the former CEO of World Series of Fighting.