John W. Childs

American businessman

John W. Childs (born 1941/1942) is an American billionaire businessman, the CEO and founder of J.W. Childs Associates, a private equity firm.2

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Born 1945.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedColumbia Business School3
  • Date not recordedYale University3

Childs earned a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia University.

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Career

Occupation: business executive.5

Childs has worked for Prudential Insurance Company, and as the vice president of Canada Carbon. Childs worked for Thomas H. Lee Partners, where he arranged the purchase of Snapple. He has a reported net worth of $1.2 billion.

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited States6

Politics

Childs is a major Republican donor, giving $1 million to Mitt Romney's campaign and $1.1 million to the Club for Growth, as well as donating to the campaigns of Congressmen Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan.

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