1. Stephen Leo Poizner was born on January 4,1957 and is an American businessman and politician who served as the Insurance Commissioner of the state of California from 2007 to 2011.
38 Facts About Steve Poizner
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Formerly a Republican, Steve Poizner ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the 2018 California Insurance Commissioner election.
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Steve Poizner has been a Silicon Valley technology entrepreneur, founding and selling SnapTrack, Inc.
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Steve Poizner was born on January 4,1957, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Steve Poizner attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1978.
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Steve Poizner was a member of the prestigious Friar Society and Tejas Club, as well as president of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.
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Two years after Steve Poizner graduated from Stanford, the national Jaycees organization sued the Palo Alto Jaycees chapter to expel the chapter for admitting female members.
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Steve Poizner's wife was one of the first women admitted to the Palo Alto chapter.
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Steve Poizner has started and run technology companies in Silicon Valley for over 35 years.
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Steve Poizner served for several years as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.
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In 1983, Steve Poizner founded and served as chief executive officer of Strategic Mapping Inc.
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Steve Poizner served as its chief executive officer until he sold the privately held company to Qualcomm in 2000 for a reported $1.0 billion in Qualcomm stock.
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In June 2011, Steve Poizner co-founded Empowered Careers, a mobile learning platform technology company in partnership with UCLA and Creative Artists Agency.
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In February 2014, Steve Poizner was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame.
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In June 2017, Steve Poizner formed a non-profit organization in collaboration with select California Universities and research institutes, venture capitalists, and business leaders to grow the southern California venture capital and start-up communities.
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In 2001, Steve Poizner co-founded EdVoice, an educational non-profit organization dedicated to improving public schools and serving the interests of K-12 children in California.
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In June 2011, Steve Poizner joined two education Boards at the University of Southern California.
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In September 2016, the San Diego Union Tribune reported that Steve Poizner has joined UC San Diego's Rady School of Management as its inaugural entrepreneur in residence.
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Steve Poizner took office on January 8,2007, and served until January 3,2011.
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Steve Poizner oversaw nearly 2,800 fraud-related arrests, the most in CDI history, in a 3-year span and conducted the first ever terror finance probe by a US Insurance Commissioner, which resulted in millions of dollars diverted from Iran.
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On February 13,2018, Steve Poizner announced he would seek a second term as Insurance Commissioner, running as an independent.
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From 2001 to 2002, Steve Poizner served as a White House Fellow where he worked in the National Security Council Office of Cyberspace Security, serving as Director of Critical Infrastructure Protection.
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In 2004, Steve Poizner ran unsuccessfully for the California State Assembly against Democrat Ira Ruskin, a Redwood City Councilman, in the 21st district, losing by 5,884 votes out of 190,120 votes cast in 2004.
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In 2006, Steve Poizner ran for the office of California Insurance Commissioner.
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In 2006, Steve Poizner became a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations after being nominated by former Secretary of State George Shultz.
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In late 2007, Steve Poizner led the effort to defeat Proposition 93, a term limit removal initiative.
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In May 2008, President George W Bush appointed Poizner to serve on the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel.
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On September 15,2008, Steve Poizner announced his candidacy for Governor of California.
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In May 2009, Steve Poizner successfully campaigned against Proposition 1A during the California state special elections, 2009.
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On March 1,2010, Steve Poizner officially became a candidate for Governor of California.
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On June 8,2010, Steve Poizner was defeated in the Republican primary by former CEO of eBay Meg Whitman, who was later defeated by Democratic candidate Jerry Brown in the general election.
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In early 2014, Steve Poizner was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame.
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In September 2016, the San Diego Union Tribune reported that Steve Poizner has joined UC San Diego's Rady School of Management as its inaugural entrepreneur in residence.
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Steve Poizner declared his candidacy for a nonconsecutive second term as California State Insurance Commissioner in 2018.
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In February 2016, it was announced that Steve Poizner had joined Governor John Kasich of Ohio as national co-chair and California State Chair for Kasich for President.
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In June 2017, Steve Poizner formed a non-profit organization in collaboration with select California Universities and research institutes, venture capitalists, and business leaders to grow the southern California venture capital and start-up communities.
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In late 2019 Steve Poizner founded OneNav, Inc A technology startup that aims to create the world's first pure L5 GNSS receiver supercharged by artificial intelligence.
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In January 2020, Steve Poizner founded a non-profit organization Healthcare Consumer Rights.