"And the American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the American people: hardworking, innovative, risk-taking, God-loving, family-oriented American people."
-Willard Mitt Romney
Willard Mitt Romney was born on March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan from Lenore and George W Romney - former Michigan governor. In 1969, he married Ann Davies and had five sons - Tagg, Ben, Craig, Josh, and Matt. In his senior year of high school, Romney joined the cross country team in Cranbrook School as well as eleven school organizations. Beginning in 1966, Romney spent 30 months in France as a Mormon missionary but did not gain many converts.
Romney attended Cranbrook School, Brigham Young University, Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, and Stanford University.
After being hired in 1977 by Bain & Capital, he found the investment firm Bain Capital and took over the Salt Lake Organization Committee and hekmed a successful 2002 Olympic Games.
In 2004, Romney authored the book Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games.
To be in the 2008 Presidential campaign, he needed to spend $110 million, $45 million came from his own pocket.
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