Bob J. Perry
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About
Founder of Perry Homes who became a Republican political financier, donating millions to GOP presidential candidates.
Before fame
He turned his summer job in construction into a self-run company, and he eventually grew Perry Homes into the United States' 35th-largest homebuilder.
Trivia
He used his enormous fortune to bankroll the Swift Boat Veterans group that ran TV ads discrediting presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004 and donated $18 million to candidate Mitt Romney in 2012.
Family life
He had four children with wife Doylene along with more than a dozen grandchildren.
Associated with
He donated $7 million to Texas Republican governor Rick Perry's primary bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2011.
