Orrin H. Ingram II
{{short description|American businessperson}}
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| children = Orrin H. Hank Ingram III
Aaron Forest Barrett
Virginia Ingram
| parents = E. Bronson Ingram II
Martha R. Ingram
| relatives = Orrin Henry Ingram (great-great-grandfather)
Julius Ingram (great-great-great-uncle)
Erskine B. Ingram (great-grandfather)
Frederic B. Ingram (uncle)
Ingrid Goude (aunt by marriage)
David Bronson Ingram (brother)
John R. Ingram (brother)
Sarah LeBrun Ingram (sister-in-law)
Orrin Henry Ingram Sr.
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Orrin H. Ingram II (born July 5, 1960) is an American heir, businessman, philanthropist and polo player. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Ingram Industries and the chairman of Ingram Barge Company.{{Cite web |url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/orrin-h-ingram/20819 |title=Forbes profile |access-date=2017-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127233249/http://people.forbes.com/profile/orrin-h-ingram/20819 |archive-date=2011-01-27 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.vanderbilt.edu/boardoftrust/cmembers/ingramo.html Vanderbilt Board of Trust biography][https://archive.today/20130119122557/http://ir.cokecce.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=117435&p=irol-govBio&ID=190930 Coca Cola Enterprises Corporate Governance][http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=98566&p=irol-govBio&ID=123314 Ingram Micro Board of Directors][http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=718266&ticker=IM:US&previousCapId=98977518&previousTitle=Alignment%20Nashville%2C%20Inc. BusinessWeek profile]{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}[http://www.eskye.com/company/directors.asp eSkye Solutions Board of Directors][https://www.ingrambarge.com/default.aspx?v=barge/contact/smprofile&id=ingramo Ingram Marine Group biography]
Early life
Orrin H. Ingram II was born on July 5, 1960.[http://www.nndb.com/people/346/000164851/ NNDB] His late father was E. Bronson Ingram II and his mother is Martha R. Ingram. His brothers are David Bronson Ingram, CEO of Ingram Entertainment, and John R. Ingram, CEO of Ingram Book Group. His sister is Robin Ingram Patton. His paternal grandfather five times removed, David Ingram, was an immigrant from Leeds, England.[https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0906/6405194s2.html Ingram Chronicles], Forbes, 9/06/1999 His paternal great-great-grandfather, also Orrin Henry Ingram, was a lumber baron in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and early invested in Friedrich Weyerhäuser's timber investments, later known as the Weyerhaeuser Corporation.
Ingram received a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1982.
Business career
Ingram started his career at Ingram Materials Company and Ingram Barge Company. He has been the President of Ingram Industries since 1996, and its CEO since 1999. He has served on the boards of eSkye Solutions, Ingram Micro, Ingram Barge Company, SunTrust Banks, Coca-Cola Enterprises, The Krystal Company, FirstBank, and the United States Chamber of Commerce. He has served on the Strategic Advisory Boards of SunCom and Tennessee Valley Ventures. In July 2011, he sold Ingram Materials Company to Pine Bluff Sand.Walter Duncun, 'Ingram sells business unit to Pine Bluff', in Nashville Post, July 12, 2011 [http://nashvillepost.com/news/2011/7/12/ingram_sells_business_unit_to_pine_bluff] He has sat on the Boards of the United States Chamber of Commerce and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.[http://www.nashvillechamber.com/Homepage/AboutUs/Board.aspx Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722152251/http://www.nashvillechamber.com/homepage/aboutus/Board.aspx |date=2015-07-22 }}
Polo and hunting
Ingram is a former Chairman of the United States Polo Association and the Polo Training Foundation, where he still serves as an Honorary Director.{{Cite web |url=http://www.polotraining.org/about/board.html |title=Polo Training Foundation Board of Directors |access-date=2012-01-17 |archive-date=2015-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115812/http://www.polotraining.org/about/board.html |url-status=dead }} He is a member of the Nashville Polo Club.[http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/wagner/49/id20.htm Nashville Polo Club memberlist] In 1996, he played on the American team in South Africa with James Armstrong, Adolfo Cambiaso and Tod Rackley.[http://www.chukkersforcharity.net/teams Charity page]Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011, p. 263 He has organized charity polo games at his RiverView Farm in Franklin, Tennessee.[http://nfocusmagazine.com/story/havana-heat Gloria Houghland, 'Havana Heat', in NFocus, July 05, 2011] He is the patron of the Riverview Polo Team.Horace A. Laffaye, The Polo Encyclopedia, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2004, p. 187 He has won the USPA Bronze Trophy, the Eastern Challenge, the International Cup and the Continental Cup.
Ingram is a "waterfowler, turkey, and big game hunter."[http://www.ussportsmen.org/about-ussa/board-directors/ U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance: Board of Directors] He also practices fox hunting.[http://sidelinesnews.com/weekly-featured/blythe-marano-%E2%80%93-apples-don%E2%80%99t-fall-far-from-the-tree.html Blythe Marano – Apples Don't Fall Far From the Tree], Sidelines, June 24, 2011 He is the Masters of the Hillsboro Hounds.[http://www.hillsborohounds.com/history.html Hillsboro Hounds History]Molly Sorge, [http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/how-scare-olympic-show-jumper How To Scare An Olympic Show Jumper], The Chronicle of the Horse, September 13, 2011 In 2010, he went fox-hunting with Olympic show-jumper Markus Fuchs.
Philanthropy
Ingram serves on the Board of Directors of Boys & Girls Clubs of America for Middle Tennessee, [http://www.nashvillepef.org Nashville Public Education Foundation], the executive committee of the United Way for Metropolitan Nashville, the Wetlands America Trust Board for Ducks Unlimited. He is the 2005 recipient of the Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr. Excellence in Volunteer Leadership Award of the United Way.[http://www.unitedwaynashville.org/volunteer/frist-award/ United Way of America] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130416061624/http://www.unitedwaynashville.org/volunteer/frist-award/ |date=2013-04-16 }} He is a member of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust, and the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance.
Political activity
A Republican, Ingram supported George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, John McCain in 2000 and 2008. He has also supported Fred Thompson, Lindsey Graham, Tom DeLay, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
In 2015, Ingram donated $1,500 to David Fox's failed campaign to become the new Mayor of Nashville.{{cite news |last=Harrison |first=Scott |date=September 8, 2015 |title=Barry vs. Fox: Who the biggest business names have their money behind for mayor |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2015/09/barry-vs-fox-biggest-business-donors.html?ana=fbk |newspaper=Nashville Business Journal |location=Nashville, Tennessee |access-date=September 13, 2015 }}
Personal life
Ingram is divorced, and has two sons, Orrin H. "Hank" Ingram III and Aaron Forest Barrett, and one daughter, Virginia Ingram. Son Orrin was born to his first wife, Terri Drummond Lyon.
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Category:American people of English descent
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Category:Masters of foxhounds in the United States
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