Bill Haslam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Bill Haslam

Governor of Tennessee

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1958

Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Profession: politician, entrepreneur

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Bill Haslam

  • William Edward Haslam (; born August 23, 1958) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 49th Governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019.
  • He is a member of the Republican Party and was previously the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. He was born in Knoxville and graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • He began his career in business, joining his father, Jim Haslam, who was the founder of Pilot Corporation.
  • Haslam rose to president of Pilot Corp in the 1990s, after his brother Jimmy Haslam became the company's CEO.
  • Haslam then left Pilot and from 1999 to 2001 was the CEO of the e-commerce and cataloging division at the department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue.
  • He then became a consultant at Saks, served on the board of directors at Harold's Stores, Inc..
  • He is a co-owner of the minor league baseball team the Tennessee Smokies. He was elected Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee in the 2003 Knoxville mayoral election with 52% of the vote.
  • He was reelected in the 2007 Knoxville mayoral election, winning 87% of the vote, and served until 2011.
  • After incumbent Governor Phil Bredesen was term-limited, Haslam declared his candidacy for the office in January 2009.
  • He defeated U.S.
  • Representative Zach Wamp and Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey in the Republican primary with 47% of the vote and went on to defeat Democratic businessman Mike McWherter with 65% of the vote in the 2010 general election.
  • A 2015 Forbes article estimated Haslam's net worth at $2 billion, making him the nation's wealthiest elected official at that time.
  • He was the second wealthiest state governor in America, until Democrat J.
  • B.
  • Pritzker of Illinois took office in January 2019.In the fall of 2019, Haslam became a visiting professor of political science at Vanderbilt University

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