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Bisciotti was born on April 10, 1960, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [5] the youngest of three children [6] in a middle class Italian-American family. [7] In 1961, his parents, Bernard and Patricia Bisciotti, moved the family to Severna Park, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, for his father's job as a construction sales executive.
Stephen Bisciotti was raised by a single mother in Baltimore. He worked his way through high school before starting Allegis Group in 1983 in a basement with his cousin. It is now one of the ...
Bobby Jack Perry, known as Bob J. Perry (October 30, 1932 – April 13, 2013 [1]), was a Houston, Texas homebuilder, owner of Perry Homes, and major contributor to a number of politically oriented 527 groups, such as the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth and the Economic Freedom Fund.
Hugh Roy Cullen (July 3, 1881 – July 4, 1957) was an American industrialist and philanthropist.Cullen was heavily involved in the petroleum industry having struck oil near Texas in 1928. [1]
Today, Bisciotti is worth $5.7 billion and owns the Ravens, who won a Super Bowl most recently in 2013. In 2018, Allegis Group did $13.6 billion in revenue. Brian Blanco/AP
BakerRipley is a non-profit corporation based in Houston. The organization has also been known as the Houston Settlement Association, Neighborhood Centers, and Neighborhood Centers, Inc. In 1940, the Houston Settlement Association brought the Ripley Foundation into its organization. In 2018, BakerRipley has seventy locations in the Houston region.
The Houston Endowment supports a wide range of programs, including but not limited to the arts, education, and human services. The foundation dispersed grants of $24 million from 1937 to 1962, and grant totaling $750 million by the end of the century. In 2001, the endowment was valued at $1.5 billion. [1]
The Orange Show is a work of outsider art in Houston, Texas. Jeff McKissack, a mail carrier, transformed a small suburban lot near his house into a folk art installation, which he named "The Orange Show" in honor of his favorite fruit. [1] [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.