Tagg Romney

{{Infobox person

|image = Tagg Romney.jpg

|caption = Romney in January 2012

|birth_name = Taggart Mitt Romney

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|3|21}}

|birth_place = Provo, Utah, U.S.

|occupation = {{hlist|Management consultant|Venture capitalist}}

|party = Republican

|father = Mitt Romney

|mother = Ann Romney

|spouse = Jennifer Romney

|children = 6

|family = Romney

|education = {{ubl|Brigham Young University (BA)|Harvard University (MBA)}}

}}

Taggart Mitt Romney (born March 21, 1970) is an American management consultant, businessman, venture capitalist and political advisor. He is the eldest son of businessman and former U.S. Senator Mitt Romney.{{cite book |title=A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every American Should Know About Mitt Romney |first=Hugh |last=Hewitt |author-link=Hugh Hewitt |publisher=Regnery Publishing |location=Washington, D.C.|year=2007 |isbn=978-1-59698-502-5 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/mormoninwhitehou00hewi/page/81 81–82] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/mormoninwhitehou00hewi/page/81 }}

Early life and education

Taggart Romney is the oldest son of Ann and Mitt Romney, born when both were undergraduates at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Tagg's birthplace of Provo, Utah. He attended Belmont Hill School, a preparatory academy before he graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in economics from BYU and earned an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.{{cite news|url= https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/for-tagg-romney-politics-is-a-family-affair/article_7dd581cd-18b4-5f28-a6c3-617e6c2bfac1.html|title=For Tagg Romney, politics is a family affair|newspaper=The Conway Daily Sun|publisher=Country News Club|location=North Conway, New Hampshire|date=September 28, 2012|access-date=May 29, 2020}}{{cite magazine|url= http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/108815/tagg-romney-myth-self-reliance |title=Growing Up Romney|last=Scheiber|first=Noam|date=October 19, 2012 |magazine=The New Republic |publisher=Emerson Collective|location=Boston, Massachusetts|access-date=January 9, 2014}}

Career

Romney has worked as the head of marketing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, VP of on-field marketing at Reebok, and director of strategic planning at Elan Pharmaceuticals. Romney founded and subsequently sold Season Perks, a software design company. He also worked for several years as a consultant at both Monitor Group and McKinsey and Co. Romney has been a partner in the private equity firm Solamere Capital, together with family friend Spencer Zwick, and Eric Scheuermann, previously a partner in New York-based Jupiter Partners.{{cite news|last=Slack|first=Donovan|url= https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2011/10/06/mitt-romney-chief-fund-raiser-built-investment-firm-political-network/gJ4sWLYKwFNSdOUpd1QQaL/story.html%3foutputType=amp|title=Romney aide trades on political ties|newspaper=The Boston Globe|publisher=Boston Globe Partners, L.P.|location=Boston, Massachusetts|date=October 7, 2011}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/us/politics/ties-to-romney-08-helped-fuel-equity-firm.html |title=Ties to Romney '08 Helped Fuel an Equity Firm |access-date=April 30, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York City|first1=Michael |last1=Luo |first2=Julie |last2=Creswell |date=April 30, 2012}} Zwick was also the finance chair of the 2012 campaign. Romney worked as a senior aide on his father's presidential campaign in 2008 and during his Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign in 2002.{{cite news|last=Swick|first=Donovan|title=Romney aide trades on political ties|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2011/10/06/mitt-romney-chief-fund-raiser-built-investment-firm-political-network/gJ4sWLYKwFNSdOUpd1QQaL/story.html%3foutputType=amp|newspaper=The Boston Globe|publisher=Boston Globe Partners, L.P.|location=Boston, Massachusetts|

date=October 7, 2011}} He participated as an advisor in his father's 2012 presidential campaign , and he attracted the attention of the media just before the November election.{{cite news| title=Tagg Romney is suddenly a center of attention in his father's campaign |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/tagg-romney-has-a-heightened-role-in-fathers-presidential-campaign/2012/10/12/67f65cfa-13e4-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_story.html |first=Jason |last=Horowitz |newspaper=The Washington Post |publisher=Nash Holdings|location=Washington, D.C.|date=October 12, 2012 |access-date=January 9, 2014}}

In June 2014, Solamere{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Costa|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/04/20/inside-the-romney-retreat/|title=Inside the Romney retreat|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=Nash Holdings|location=Washington, D.C.|date=April 20, 2014|access-date=June 14, 2014}} sponsored the third annual "Romney Retreat" at the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City, Utah. Most potential 2016 Republican Party Presidential candidates, Peyton Manning, firm clients, former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, and Mia Love, among others, along with Mitt Romney, spoke or were in attendance{{cite news|first=Nicholas|last=Confessore|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/us/politics/at-a-romney-retreat-republicans-seek-a-way-forward.html|title=At Romney Retreat, Top Republicans Search for New Leadership and Focus|newspaper=The New York Times|location=New York City|date=June 14, 2014|access-date=June 14, 2014}} at the three-day event. Other scheduled attendees included business executives Meg Whitman and Harold Hamm.

He was the subject of speculation in February 2013 that he would run for the United States Senate from Massachusetts in the 2014 election. He declined to do so, saying that "the timing is not right for me."{{cite web |url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frenchrevolution/2013/02/04/the-next-generation-of-romneys-running-for-office/|title=The Next Generation of Romneys Running for Office?|date=February 4, 2013 |access-date=November 25, 2014|work=Patheos}}{{cite web |first=Katrina|last=Trinko|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/339809/taggs-not-it-katrina-trinko|title=Tagg's Not It |date=February 4, 2013|access-date=November 25, 2014|work=National Review Online}}

= 2012 presidential election =

After the second presidential debate, a North Carolina radio station interviewed Romney and asked him what it was like "to hear the president of the United States call your dad a liar."{{cite web |last=Coppins|first=McKay |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/tagg-romney-wanted-to-take-a-swing-at-obama-duri#HTWF2 |title=Romney Son Wanted To "Take A Swing" At Obama During Debate |website=Buzzfeed Politics|date=October 17, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2013}} Romney laughed and replied: "Jump out of your seat, and you want to rush down to the stage and take a swing at him. But you know you can't do that because, well, first because there's a lot of Secret Service between you and him, but also because that's the nature of the process. "They're going to do everything they can to paint my dad as someone he's not. We knew what we were getting into, so now we just have to take the hits, stay strong, and be ready to fight back."{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Kristen|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/tagg-romney-wanted-swing-obama-article-1.1186354?localLinksEnabled=false |title=Tagg Romney says he wanted to 'take a swing' at Obama during the debate |newspaper=The New York Daily News|publisher=Tribune Publishing|location=New York City|date=October 18, 2012|access-date=October 18, 2012 }}

A campaign aide told ABC News that the remarks about taking a swing at the president were all in jest.{{cite web|first=Emily |last=Friedman |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/tagg-romney-jests-that-he-wants-to-take-a-swing-at-president/ |title=Tagg Romney Jests That he Wants to 'Take a Swing' at President |website=ABC News |publisher=ABC|location=New York City|date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=January 9, 2014}}{{cite news| url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/17/tagg-romney-obama_n_1976186.html/ |title=Tagg Romney Jokes About Taking A 'Swing' At Obama After Heated Debate | website=Huffington Post|location=New York City|date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=January 9, 2014 |first=Mollie |last=Reilly}}

HIG Capital, an investment partner of Romney's company, Solamere, supplied voting machines in the state of Ohio, which caused concern before the November elections.{{cite news|first=Rick |last=Ungar |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/10/20/romney-family-investment-ties-to-voting-machine-company-that-could-decide-the-election-causes-concern/ |title=Romney Family Investment Ties To Voting Machine Company That Could Decide The Election Causing Concern |website=Forbes|location=New York City|date=October 20, 2012 |access-date=January 9, 2014}} A spokesperson for Solamere later commented on the matter, saying, "Not only does Solamere have no direct or indirect interest in this company Hart InterCivic, Solamere and its partners have no ownership in this company, nor do they have any ownership in nor have made any investments in the fund that invested in the voting machine company."{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Warren |url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/tagg-romney-not-investor-voting-machine-company_657183.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025054153/http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/tagg-romney-not-investor-voting-machine-company_657183.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |title=Tagg Romney Is Not an 'Investor In a Voting Machine Company' |newspaper=The Weekly Standard |publisher=Clarity Media Group|location=Washington, D.C.|date=October 12, 2012 |access-date=January 9, 2014}}

In 2012, National Journal named Romney one of ten Republicans to follow on Twitter.{{cite web|first=Adam|last=Mazmanian|url=https://news.yahoo.com/ten-republicans-twitter-221744599.html|title=Ten Republicans to follow on Twitter|magazine=National Journal|publisher=Atlantic Media|location=Washington, D.C.|date=August 27, 2012|access-date=November 20, 2015|via=Yahoo! News}} Romney stated in 2012 that he was uninterested in pursuing a political career in his own right.{{Cite news |last1=Stolberg |first1=Sheryl Gay |last2=Parker |first2=Ashley |date=2012-10-26 |title=Following in a Father's Footsteps, But Probably Not Into Politics |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/us/politics/tagg-romney-follows-in-his-fathers-footsteps-but-probably-not-into-politics.html |access-date=2023-09-13 |issn=0362-4331}}

= Post-2012 election =

In 2015, Romney stated he was both "sad and relieved" at his father's decision not to run in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primary.{{Cite web |last=Borger |first=Gloria |date=2015-01-30 |title=Tagg Romney: I'm both 'sad and relieved' at dad's decision {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/30/politics/tagg-romney-mitt-romney-reaction/index.html |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=CNN |language=en}}

Personal life

Romney and his wife, Jennifer, have six children,{{cite news|last=Katz|first=Celeste|title=Dedicated To Dad's Hopes, Tagg Romney Storms The Campaign Trail -- Again|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/10/dedicated-to-dads-hopes-tagg-romney-storms-the-campaign-trail-again|access-date=October 19, 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|publisher=Tribune Publishing|location=New York City|date=October 9, 2012}}{{cite news|last=Gutiérrez|first=Bertrand|title=Tagg Romney stumps for his dad at Wake Forest University|url=http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/oct/18/tagg-romney-stumps-his-dad-wake-forest-university-ar-2703432/|access-date=October 19, 2012|newspaper=Winston-Salem Journal|publisher=Lee Enterprises|location=Winston-Salem, North Carolina|date=October 18, 2012}} three via surrogate mothers.{{cite web |url=http://www.creatingfamilies.com/home/content_detail.aspx?Id=262 |title=Tagg Romney has children via surrogate mother| publisher=Center for Surrogate Parenting |access-date=October 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027172641/http://www.creatingfamilies.com/home/content_detail.aspx?Id=262 |archive-date=October 27, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Walshe |first=Shushannah|title=Meet Ann Romney's Five Sons |website=ABC News |publisher=ABC|location=New York City|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/romney-sons/story?id=16321928#1 |date=May 10, 2012|access-date=October 21, 2012}} The family resides in Belmont, Massachusetts.

References

External links

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[https://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/tagg-romney-wanted-to-take-a-swing-at-obama-duri#HTWF2 Audio of NC radio station interview], on BuzzFeed

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