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Mitt Romney

Name: Willard Mitt Romney

Age: 60; born March 12, 1947.

Education: Bachelor of arts degree, Brigham Young University, 1971; master’s degree in business administration, Harvard Business School, 1975; law degree, Harvard Law School, 1975.

Political career: Massachusetts governor, 2003-2007; ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate seat against Democratic incumbent Edward Kennedy in Massachusetts, 1994.

Professional career: CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics, 1999-2002; joined Boston-based Bain & Co., a management consulting firm, in 1977; vice president of Bain & Co., 1978-84; head of Bain Capital, a venture capital firm he founded, 1984-1990; interim CEO of Bain & Co., 1991-92; head of Bain Capital, 1992-1999; Boston Consulting Group, 1975-76.

Personal: Wife Ann, five children.

Source: Associated Press