Robert C. Gay
| Robert C. Gay | |
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| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| March 31, 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Robert Christopher Gay September 1, 1951 Los Angeles, California, United States |
Robert Christopher Gay (born September 1, 1951) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2012. Prior to becoming a general authority, Gay was the managing director, co-founder, and chief executive officer of Huntsman Gay Global Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices in Florida, Massachusetts, and Utah.
Gay was born in Los Angeles, California, to Frank William Gay, an American executive who oversaw several entities for Howard Hughes, and Mary Elizabeth Thain Gay. As a young man, Gay served as an LDS Church missionary in Spain. He married Lynette Nielsen and they are the parents of seven children. He graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Utah.
Gay was previously the managing director, co-founder, and CEO of Huntsman Gay Global Capital. Prior to this, he was the managing director for sixteen years at Bain Capital. Prior to Bain Capital, Gay was an executive vice president of General Electric Credit Corporation Capital Markets Group, a vice president in the Merchant Banking Group at Kidder Peabody, and an engagement manager at the international consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
Gay has been actively involved in poverty relief and humanitarian aid in developing countries, serving as a co-founder (primarily with his wife, Lynette) of the Brigham Young University Center for Economic Self Reliance. Gay has been a major contributor to this center, now named the Melvin J. Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance. He has served on the board of trustees and as an advisor of the Forever Young Foundation, founded by NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young. He has also served as an advisory board member of Ascend Alliance, and is the founder of the Komart Foundation in Ghana. Gay taught economics at Harvard University for two years, where he also received a Ph.D. in business economics in 1982. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with an AB from the University of Utah.
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