Charles Gates, Jr.
Charles Cassius Gates, Jr., also: Charles C. Gates, Jr., ( born May 27, 1921 in Denver, Colorado; † August 28, 2005 ) was an American businessman and philanthropist.
Life
Gates was the fifth of six children of parents Hazel and Charles Gates sen. and their eldest son. He came in the back seat of the car that was to take his mother in Denver Bear Creek Hospital, with the help of his father to the world.
Gates studied mechanical engineering at the prestigious Stanford University. Here he also met June Scowcroft Swaner, whom he married on 26 November 1943. They remained together until June's death in December 2000.
After the death of his father, Charles Gates was young. 1961, President of the Company The Gates Rubber Company. The father had in 1911 the Colorado Tire & Leather Company purchased for $ 3,500 U.S., and in 1919 changed its name to The Gates Rubber Company. She became the world's largest manufacturer of rubber products, including V-belts for the automotive industry. Gates jun. the company changed later by the Gates Corporation. The non -exchange traded family grew and employs over 14,000 people. 1996 sold Gates jun. the company for 1.1 billion U.S. dollars to the British company Tomkins.
Charles C. Gates, Jr.. dedicated to the selling mainly for the 1946 Gates Family Foundation, founded and based in Denver. It was one of the great non-profit private foundations in the U.S. and donated by 2005 over U.S. $ 147 million. Gates jun. was active in many organizations such as the Colorado Outward Bound School, The Nature Conservancy, the Denver Art Museum Foundation and the Graland Country Day School Foundation. He used contacts to the economy as the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Broken Hill Proprietary, Tejas Gas Corporation and the Conference Board to find contact for its social projects.
Gates jun. was a nature lover, hunting and fishing trips made around the world and was an avid airplane and helicopter pilot.
Forbes magazine gave the 2004 private assets Gates' with U.S. $ 1.3 billion and led him as 215th on the Forbes 400 list.
Charles Gates Jr.. died aged 84 at his home in Denver and left behind two children.