Ronald Tutor
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Early life
Ronald N. Tutor[1] was born in Sherman Oaks, California, and is of Armenian descent.[2] His father, A.G. Tutor, founded A.G. Tutor Co., a real estate development company, in 1949.[3] The company built "houses and small commercial buildings".[3]
Education
Tutor was educated at Harvard Westlake and Van Nuys High School.[3] He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1963.[4]
Career
Tutor started a career in construction shortly after graduation, working for Tutor-Saliba and A.G. Tutor Co.[5] He now serves as Chairman, CEO and President of Tutor Perini, and President of the Tutor-Perini Corporation.[6] He received the United States Army Corps of Engineers National Contractor of the Year Award for Civil Works Projects in 1994.[4]
Miramax investment
In 2010, Tutor was a lead investor in the $650 million purchase of Miramax Films from The Walt Disney Company, investing between US$35 million and US$50 million.[7][8][9] The acquisition started with a lavish party that included Rob Lowe and Jamie-Lynn Sigler.[3] In 2013, he sold his stake to the Qatar Investment Authority.[7][10][11][12]
Philanthropy
Tutor serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, USC.[6] Tutor gifted USC The Ronald Tutor Campus Center and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Tutor Hall, which are named in his honor.[4][13] He has received the Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award from USC.[4] He donated US$2 million to the USC Institute of Armenian Studies in 2008.[2] In 2014, his wife Alia endowed the Alia Tutor Chair in Reproductive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.[14] In 2022, his wife donated $17.5 million to Columbia Law School to fund the redesign of the law school library, the largest single commitment in the school's history.[15]
Personal life
Tutor has two sons with his wife, Alia, and three daughters from previous marriages.[3][14] One of his daughters is Tracy Tutor, a main cast member on the real estate reality television program, Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles.[16]
References
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- ↑ a b Alex Ben Block, Ron Tutor Sells His Miramax Stake, The Hollywood Reporter, 1/21/2013
- ↑ Claudia Eller, Dawn C. Chmielewski, Ron Tutor's bid for Miramax moves forward, The Los Angeles Times, June 05, 2010
- ↑ Claudia Eller, Dawn C. Chmielewski, Disney agrees to sell Miramax Films to investor group led by Ron Tutor, The Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2010
- ↑ Ben Fritz, Ron Tutor sells Miramax stake, The Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2013
- ↑ "Hollywood Deadline" Ron Tutor Sells Stake In Miramax: Report deadline.com, Retrieved on January 22, 2013
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- ↑ "Mega-builder lists in Hidden Hills", Los Angeles Times (January 23, 2010), p. 31.
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