"Mitt Romney was born March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan and is the son of former Michigan governor and presidential candidate George W. Romney. His mother Lenore Romney ran unsuccessfully for US Senate as a Republican from Michigan. He has three siblings: Lynn, Jane, and G. Scott. Romney has been married to his wife, Ann Romney, since 1969. They have five sons (Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben and Craig) and nine grandchildren. Ann Romney was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998.
"Romney graduated from the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills (now Cranbrook Kingswood School). He met his future wife, Ann Davies (b. 1949), when she was at the Kingswood School.
"After attending Stanford University for two quarters, Romney served for 30 months as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France. Upon returning from France he transferred universities and subsequently received his B.A. with Highest Honors and as valedictorian from Brigham Young University in 1971. In 1975, Romney was awarded an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and was named a Baker Scholar. In 1975 he also received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School. He is also an Eagle Scout.
"After graduation from Harvard Business School, Romney went to work for the Boston Consulting Group, where he had been a summer intern in 1974. At BCG Romney worked with recent MIT graduate and future Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"From 1978 to 1984, Romney was a Vice President of Bain & Company, Inc., a Boston-based management consulting firm. Later, as the company's CEO, he led it through a highly successful turnaround[6]. Today, Bain & Company has 33 offices in 21 countries and 2,400 consultants.
"In 1984, Romney co-founded Bain Capital, one of the nation's most successful private equity investment firms. Among the first companies it invested in was Staples, an office-supply store. In 1986 Staples, Inc., had one store. Today it has nearly 1,700. Bain Capital founded, acquired or invested in hundreds of companies including Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Brookstone, Domino's, Sealy and The Sports Authority."
Wow what a lifetime of "poor judgements" ....