Bob J. Perry

Entrepreneur

Birthday October 30, 1932

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Texas

DEATH DATE Apr 13, 2013 (80)

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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.