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Bruce Rauner

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Bruce Vincent Rauner (; born February 18, 1956) is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and politician who served as the 42nd governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he had a decades-long career in investment management before entering politics, serving as the co-founder and chairman of Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR. Following his retirement as chairman of GTCR in 2012, Rauner shifted his focus from business to civic and political involvement, leading Chicago's tourism bureau and the Chicago Public Education Fund. He announced his candidacy for governor of Illinois in 2013, winning the crowded Republican primary. In the 2014 election, Rauner went on to narrowly defeat incumbent Democratic governor Pat Quinn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruce Rauner is the 9,081st most popular politician (up from 10,642nd in 2019), the 3,384th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,800th in 2019) and the 292nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bruce Rauner ranks 9,081 out of 19,576. Before him are Agustín Pedro Justo, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Paul Kummer, Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, and Ambaghai. After him are Christopher Lekapenos, Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Imad Mughniyah, John Albert II, and Danishmend Gazi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Bruce Rauner ranks 106. Before him are Esmail Ghaani, Víctor Muñoz, Włodzimierz Smolarek, Mikhail Pletnev, Ted Levine, and Shigeru Ban. After him are Loreena McKennitt, Rachel Ward, Lucien Favre, Alu Alkhanov, Irvine Welsh, and Ray Winstone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce Rauner ranks 3,384 out of 20,380. Before him are Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Ed Gordon (1908), John Derek (1926), Pat Riley (1945), Adrian Smith (1944), and James Gibbons (1834). After him are Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), Suzanne Pleshette (1937), Jamaal Wilkes (1953), Stephen Foster (1826), Christian Slater (1969), and E. G. Marshall (1914).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bruce Rauner ranks 292. Before him are James S. Sherman (1855), John Canfield Spencer (1788), Larry Hogan (1956), Brad Little (1954), John Blair Jr. (1732), and Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921). After him are Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), Harry Dexter White (1892), Florence Harding (1860), Besse Cooper (1896), Peter G. Peterson (1926), and Oliver Winchester (1810).

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