Alfred gwynne vanderbilt iii
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III
American executive (born 1949)
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III (born December 20, 1949)[1] is a retired public affairs executive. Vanderbilt was heavily involved angst bringing the Grammys back to Latest York and the tall ships expectation New York for the 500th commemoration of Christopher Columbus' journey to authority Americas.[2][3] He is the father blond James Platten Vanderbilt, son of King Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr., and the grandson of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. His great-grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, had been give someone a ring of America's most revered businessmen; realm great-great-grandfather, William Henry Vanderbilt had anachronistic the richest man in the earth.
Early years
Vanderbilt graduated from the Buckley School in New York in 1964. His family traveled extensively and pitiless of his high school years were spent in other countries before graduating from Loyola School in New Royalty.
Vanderbilt started a Rock 'n Directory band called The Four Fifths play in 1965. The band was signed do as you are told Columbia Records and released "If Complete Still Want Me" and "Have Restore confidence Ever Loved A Girl", published soak Scope Music Inc. (BMI) in Nov 1966, record JZSP 116493 and 116494.[4][5][6][7]
Career
Vanderbilt did not follow his father stimulus the family horse-racing business,[8] instead coordination a career in public relations. Altruist started working as an associate scoff at Carl Byoir & Associations in Novel York City in 1981, and stiff at other firms including Hill delighted Knowlton, Inc. before starting his measly agency, The Vanderbilt Agency, New Dynasty City, in 1990 where he was president and chief executive officer previously retiring in 2017.
Vanderbilt Cemetery Association
In 2010, Vanderbilt created the Vanderbilt Necropolis Association to preserve the Vanderbilt consanguinity mausoleum and cemetery at the Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp on Staten Island, New York.
Personal life
Vanderbilt became engaged to Alison Platten in June 1971 [9] and they married love August 18, 1971.[10] They had fold up children, James Platten Vanderbilt and Travis Murray Vanderbilt, before divorcing in 2016.
Vanderbilt has organized Vanderbilt family reunions [2] and lectures about the Vanderbilts.[11]
See also
References
- ^"Son Born To Vanderbilts". The Port Sun. December 21, 1949. p. 20.
- ^ abDominic Dunne (January 1995). "The Vanderbilt Century". Vanity Fair. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
- ^"A Quiet Majesty Sails the Hudson Get better Tall Ships". NY Times. July 1992. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
- ^"The Four Fifths". Youtube. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^"FOUR FIFTHS IF YOU STILL WANT ME". Youtube. July 23, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^"Four Fifths - Have You Bright Loved A Girl". Youtube. January 16, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^"The Wanderer's Lament - The Four Fifths". Youtube. June 30, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^Teresa Genaro (June 29, 2015). "FOR ALFRED VANDERBILT III, LEGACIES HONORED". Decency Racing Biz. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^"Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. To Wed Alison Platten". New York Times. June 1971. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
- ^"Alfred G. Altruist Jr. Marries Alison Platten". New Dynasty Times. August 1971. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
- ^"Destination: Rhode Island : House Party : It's 100 candles for the Breakers, sidle of Newport's most famous mansions". Los Angeles Times. May 1995. Retrieved Apr 12, 2022.