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Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman who served as the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. He was the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential elections.

Romney was born in Detroit, Michigan. He married Ann Davies in 1969, with whom he has had five children. In that year, he graduated from Brigham Young University and, in 1975, Harvard. Romney then entered the management consulting industry and in 1977 he secured a position at Bain & Company. In 1984, he cofounded and led the spin-off company Bain Capital. His considerable net worth, estimated in 2012 at $190–250 million, helped finance his prior political campaigns.

After stepping down from Bain Capital and his local leadership role in the Mormon church, he ran as the Republican candidate in the 1994 Massachusetts election for U.S. Senate. Upon losing to longtime incumbent Ted Kennedy, he resumed his position at Bain Capital. Years later, a successful stint as President and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics led to a relaunch of his political career.

Elected Governor of Massachusetts in 2002, Romney helped develop and enact into law the Massachusetts health care reform legislation. Romney did not seek re-election in 2006, instead focusing on his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. He won several primaries and caucuses but lost out to the eventual nominee, Senator John McCain. In 2011, he began campaigning for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, eventually winning enough caucuses and primaries to be nominated. In doing so, Romney became the first Mormon to be a major party presidential nominee. He was defeated by incumbent President Barack Obama in the November 2012 general election.


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