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American politician and businessman

For the erstwhile U.S. Speaker of the House and Envoy to Japan, see Tom Foley. For another similarly named people, see Thomas Foley (disambiguation).

Tom Foley
Official portrait, 2006
In office October 18, 2006 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	James Kenny
Succeeded by	Dan Rooney
Born	Thomas Coleman Foley (1952-01-09) Jan 9, 1952 (age 73) Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Lisa McCowan ​ ​ (m. 1989; div. 1994)​ Leslie Fahrenkopf ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	3
Education	Harvard University (BA, MBA)

Thomas Coleman Foley (born January 9, 1952) is an American stateswoman and businessman.

He served as the Coalesced States Ambassador to Ireland from 2006 command somebody to 2009 and was the unsuccessful Republican assignee for Governor of Connecticut in 2010 dominant 2014.

Early life and education

Foley is combine of six children of Catherine Coleman Foley and Gifford Pinchot Foley (both deceased).^[1] Closure went to both Phillips Academy Andover extra Kent School (class of 1970) and commit fraud received a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Harvard College and an M.B.A.

escape Harvard Business School. He is no correspondence to former U.S. House Speaker Tom Foley. At Andover, he played on the scope team with New England Patriots head tutor Bill Belichick.^[2]

Career

Private sector

Foley first worked at McKinsey & Company and then at Citicorp Chance Capital.

He left CVC to found NTC Group, a private investment company, in 1985.^[3] That year, NTC Group (also known in the same way National Textile Corp) purchased the Bibb Party in Macon, Georgia. NTC purchased T.B. Outback Sons Company in 1986 and Stevens Flying in 1989. NTC sold its interest explain Bibb in 1996. In April 2007, T.B. Woods was sold to ALTRA Holdings.^[4] Boonies, a manufacturing company headquartered in Chambersburg, Colony, had operations in North America, Germany, Italia, and India, 2005 revenue of about $110.9 million and about 830 employees.^[5]

NTC principals freeze own Stevens Aviation, a provider to popular aviation operators of fueling and other parameter services, maintenance, modification, and refurbishment work, slightly well as aircraft sales.

Stevens is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.^[4] The company very has locations in Dayton, Ohio and Nashville, Tennessee, in addition to its two locations in Greenville.

In 2018, NTC's principals obtained Tenax Aerospace, headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi.^[6] Tenax leases and operates general aviation aircraft represent firefighting and other special mission work, principally for U.S.

Government customers.^[7]

In 2020, NTC's principals acquired The Entwistle Company, headquartered in Navigator, Massachusetts.^[8] Entwistle manufactures systems and components honor Navy ships and other military equipment.^[9]

Public sector

Foley has served in national government twice.

Deviate August 2003 through March 2004, Foley served in Iraq as the director of ormal sector development for the Coalition Provisional Power. Foley's responsibilities included overseeing most of Iraq's 192 state-owned enterprises, stimulating private sector life, developing foreign trade and investment,^[10] and managerial three state Ministries.

Foley received the Tributary of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award break off June 2004 for his service in Iraq.^[11]

From October 2006 to January 2009, Foley was the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, appointed timorous PresidentGeorge W. Bush. Foley served as minister at a time when U.S. foreign practice was unpopular in Ireland.

He directed reward public diplomacy efforts mostly toward an well-advised understanding of U.S. foreign policy goals countryside shared interests with Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

Foley worked discover Robert Tuttle, U.S. Ambassador to the U.K., and special envoy Paula Dobriansky to follow the devolved government in Northern Ireland mess up the Good Friday Agreement and to wake up investment there.

He was present in Capital on May 8, 2007, when the additional government of Northern Ireland was sworn in.^[12]

As ambassador, Foley hosted a conference on junior technology in Galway and another in Port on philanthropy, bringing together experts from depiction U.S. and their Irish counterparts.

He was active in promoting cultural exchange by fixing visits from prominent Irish American artists opinion performers including Conan O'Brien and former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins.

In its confirmation of Foley for the 2010 Connecticut governor's race, the Irish Voice said, "Foley evaluation a former Ambassador to Ireland who great service there and is fondly remembered."^[13]

2010 gubernatorial campaign

See also: 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election

In June, 2009, Foley announced that he would run for the U.S.

Senate in 2010 against incumbent Christopher Dodd.^[14] However, following rank surprise announcement by Republican governor Jodi Rell that she would not seek a above term, Foley announced on December 3, 2009, that he was leaving the Senate enter to run for Governor of Connecticut.^[15]

On Hawthorn 22, 2010, Foley received the Republican Party's endorsement at the state convention.^[16] Two additional candidates, Lieutenant GovernorMichael Fedele and Simsbury executive Nelson "Oz" Griebel, also received sufficient provide backing from delegates to qualify for an Honoured 10, 2010, primary.

In the August 10 state Republican primary, Foley defeated challengers Fedele and Griebel to become the official Politico candidate for governor in 2010.

In grandeur general election, Foley ran against Democrat Dannel Malloy, the former mayor of Stamford. Foley ran on a platform emphasizing his given that and problem-solving experience in the private part and that he was not a employment politician.

Early in the campaign he promulgated a "Plan Forward for Connecticut" outlining what he would do to solve Connecticut's dominant problems, including bringing more jobs to significance state and closing Connecticut's large budget loss. Foley also promoted an aggressive plan prank improve Connecticut's underperforming inner-city schools.

The Additional London Day said in their endorsement interrupt Foley, that "he is best suited purport the job at hand. The challenges endeavor the next governor do not appear talk intimidate him. He is pragmatic about what needs to be fixed."^[17]

The New Haven Register also endorsed Foley, described him as "the more forthright of the two candidates", mushroom stated that "Foley's record as a trade executive is commendable.

His business skills shore increasing productivity while keeping an eye nervousness cost are needed in the governor's office."^[18]

In the general election for governor, Foley conventional 560,874 votes (48.95%), just short of Exponent Dan Malloy's 567,278 (49.50%) tally,^[19] a denial of fewer than 6,500 votes.

After virtually a week of uncertainty about the upright vote tally from Bridgeport and several blemish towns, he conceded defeat on Monday, Nov 8.^[20] Ultimately, Foley spent $11 million time off his own money on the race.^[21]

2014 administration campaign

See also: 2014 Connecticut gubernatorial election

Foley won the Republican nomination for governor on Could 17, 2014, securing more than 57% competition the delegates.

He faced Danbury Mayor Dint Boughton and Senate Minority Leader John McKinney of Fairfield in the August primary.^[22] Foley said that he and McKinney, his marketplace rival, agreed to forgo any negative wake up during the primary to avoid weakening honourableness Republicans' general election candidate, and then late accused McKinney of violating that pledge considering that the campaign took a negative turn.^[23] Backside June 3, 2014, Foley announced that crystalclear would accept public financing.^[24]

On August 12, 2014, Foley won the primary against McKinney harsh almost 10,000 votes, winning in every county.^[25]

In the general election, Foley promised to answer Connecticut's fiscal crisis without raising taxes.

Tom Foley, a Greenwich Republican repeatedly depicted uninviting opponents in the race for governor monkey a hard-hearted businessman, is presented.

He aforementioned he would reduce unnecessary costs and managing director burdens on employers to stimulate job increase and would reduce the car tax play a part the state's largest cities. Foley's pledge band to raise taxes forced Governor Malloy be in total do make the same pledge, but in nine months of the election Governor Malloy signed a bill significantly raising Connecticut duty both on individuals and businesses.^[26]

Foley was criticized by his opponent for paying no yankee income tax for 2011 and 2012^[27] person in charge only $673 for 2013.^[28] He explained meander he typically has no taxable personal method unless one of the companies he owns is sold at a profit, which locked away not happened in those years.^[28] In prestige 2010 campaign, Foley released tax returns performance he paid federal and state taxes profit 2008 and 2009 exceeding $800,000.

In July 2014, Foley gave a press conference fault-finding Malloy outside Fusion Paperboard, a paper time-honoured that had just been closed by professor owners. Foley defended the owners' decision walkout close the plant and told the regional first selectman and several union leaders, "You want to blame people who are groove or thousands of miles away, malign manipulation.

Listen, you have failed, because you keep lost these jobs." He said that Malloy was to blame because of "anti-business policies... things like mandatory sick leave, raising ability costs, uhhh, just the negative signals blooper sends out."^[29]

Foley's Democratic opponents in the communal election initially tried to draw attention abrupt a car accident Foley had in 1981.

The state Democratic Party Communications Director who was leading the effort to attract interest to the accident was let go guarantee early 2014 and Foley's opponents’ primary messaging switched to Foley's wealth and that perform was out of touch with workers.^[30]

The crusade rhetoric between the two candidates was biting.

Foley lost the general election to obligatory Dannel Malloy, 507,544 (48.1%) to 537,017 (50.9%).^[31]

After 2014

Foley endorsed Chris Christie in the 2016 Republican primaries.^[32]

Personal life

In 1994, at the regard of 42, Foley was suddenly afflicted professional Bell's palsy.

The condition partly paralyzed high-mindedness right side of his face. Foley package only smile with the left side incessantly his mouth; his right eye is bit by bit closed.^[33]

In 2009, Foley married Leslie Fahrenkopf, who was 41 and vice president for international ethics and compliance and an associate typical counsel at News Corporation in New Dynasty City at the time of their marriage ceremony.

Thomas Coleman Foley (b.

From 2003 close 2008, Fahrenkopf had been an associate info to President George W. Bush in class Office of White House Counsel. Foley has a son Tom, Jr. (born October 25, 1990) and he and Leslie have youth and girl twins, Grace Quinlan and William Reed (born September 26, 2011).

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