Bobby Shriver | |
|---|---|
 Shriver in 2009 | |
| Mayor ofSanta Monica | |
| In office May 25, 2010 – December 7, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Pam O'Connor |
| Succeeded by | Richard Bloom |
| Member of theSanta Monica City Council | |
| In office 2004–2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Sargent Shriver III (1954-04-28)April 28, 1954 (age 71) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Sargent Shriver Eunice Kennedy |
| Relatives | Shriver family Kennedy family |
| Residence | Santa Monica, California |
| Education | Yale University (BA,JD) |
| Occupation | Activist, attorney, journalist, politician |
Robert Sargent Shriver III (born April 28, 1954) is an American activist, attorney, and journalist. He was a member of theSanta MonicaCity Council from 2004 to 2012, serving as mayor pro tem in 2006 and as mayor during part of 2010. A member of the prominentShriver andKennedy families, he is a nephew of former U.S. PresidentJohn F. Kennedy, and former U.S. senatorsRobert F. Kennedy andEdward M. "Ted" Kennedy.[1][2]
Shriver was born inChicago, Illinois, toSargent Shriver (1915—2011) andEunice Kennedy Shriver (1921—2009), the first of their five children. His siblings areMaria (born 1955),Timothy (born 1959),Mark (born 1964) andAnthony (born 1965).
Bobby attendedYale University inNew Haven, Connecticut, where he was a member ofthe Scroll and Key Society. He graduated with aB.A. inAmerican studies withcum laude honors. He graduated fromYale Law School with aJ.D. in 1981.
After graduating from law school, Shriverclerked for a year forJudgeStephen R. Reinhardt at theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
He then moved to New York City to work in aventure capital business at James D. Wolfensohn, Inc.
Along with father Sarge,Eli Jacobs, andLarry Lucchino, Bobby was an investor from 1989 to 1993 in theBaltimore Orioles, aprofessional-baseball team based inBaltimore,Maryland.[3]
Shriver is anattorney. He is also president of RSS Inc., aBeverly Hills, Californiamusic,film andphilanthropic company. (The letters RSS are Shriver's initials.)
In 1987, he produced a prime-time television feature about theSpecial Olympics, an organization for disabled young people and founded by his mother in 1968. This and subsequent productions have raised in excess ofUS$55 million[citation needed] for the Special Olympics program.
He has also produced several films, includingTrue Lies (1994), which starredArnold Schwarzenegger – his then brother-in-law.
In 2002, Shriver was a co-founder – withU2 lead singerBono – ofDATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa), amultinational,non-government organization whose purpose is to obtainsocial equality andjustice forAfrica throughdebt relief; adjusttrade rules which burden Africa; eliminate theAfrican AIDS epidemic; and strengthendemocracy with moreaccountability by the wealthiest nations and African leaders withtransparency towards the people.
With Shriver's involvement, DATA, in turn, was one of the founding organizations in 2004 of theONE Campaign, a U.S.-based,non-partisan,non-profit organization which aims to increaseU.S. government funding for and effectiveness ofinternational-aid programs.
In 2006, he and Bono also co-founded (RED) to bring the world's biggest companies into the fight against AIDS and generate money forThe Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. To date, (RED) has generated over $700M and impacted over 245 million lives.
Shriver also served as a producer of the 2023 filmThe Burial, starringTommy Lee Jones,Jamie Foxx, andJurnee Smollett.
After Schwarzenegger became theGovernor of California in 2003, he reappointed Shriver aschairman of theCalifornia State Park and Recreation Commission overseeing the state's parks and gardens. He had first been appointed by prior California GovernorGray Davis.
In 2005, Shriver, the commission chairman, andClint Eastwood, the commission vice chairman, led a commission panel in its unanimous opposition to a six-lane, 16-mile (26 km)toll road that would cut throughSan Onofre State Beach (north ofSan Diego) that includesTrestles, a collection ofsurfing spots – one ofSouthern California's most-cherished. Shriver and Eastwood also supported a 2006lawsuit to block the toll road and urged theCalifornia Coastal Commission to reject the project, which it did in February 2008.[4]
In March 2008, Shriver and Eastwood, whose terms had expired, were not reappointed.[4] TheNatural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) asked for a legislative investigation into the decision not to re-appoint Shriver and Eastwood, citing their opposition to the toll-road extension.[5]
Schwarzenegger'spress release appointing Alice Huffman andLindy DeKoven to replace Shriver and Eastwood makes no mention of a reason for the commission change.[6][7]
In November 2004 Shriver ran for, and was elected to, a seat on theSanta Monica City Council. He stated that he decided to run for the seat after a dispute with the city over the height of thehedges at his home.[8] He was one of thirteen candidates for four at-large council seats and received 23,260 votes, or 16.5 percent, of the vote.[9] The other three winning candidates received 16,710, 14,475, and 13,408 votes.[10]
He ran for re-election in 2008, again in a race in which thirteen candidates were running for four open seats. He again received the most votes, although he won by a smaller margin over the candidate receiving the second-most votes. Shriver received 24,298 votes, or 18.56 percent of the vote. The other three winning candidates received 20,232, 19,145, and 17,202 votes. Shriver's second term ended November 2012.[11]
In March 2009 Shriver was reported to be considering becoming a candidate in the2010 California Attorney General election.[12] He did not run,[13] andKamala Harris, the Democratic candidate, was elected Attorney General.
On January 21, 2014, theLos Angeles Times reported that Shriver launched his campaign for Los Angeles County supervisor. Shriver was defeated by former state senatorSheila Kuehl.[14]
Shriver was romantically linked toPrincess Caroline of Monaco in the 1970s.[15] In 1989 he had an affair with married directorSondra Locke, who was 10 years his senior.[16] He was dating Lauren Bessette, older sister ofCarolyn Bessette Kennedy, the wife of his cousinJohn F. Kennedy Jr., at the time oftheir 1999 deaths. Lauren had joined JFK Jr. and Carolyn in his private plane to spend time with Bobby Shriver, along with other friends, on Martha's Vineyard that weekend.
He married Malissa Feruzzi on May 7, 2005.[17][18] They have one daughter, Rosemary Scarlett Shriver (b. 2009).[19] Shriver has a stepdaughter, Natasha Hunt Lee (b. 1997), from his wife's previous marriage.[19][20][21]
In 2007, Shriver received The Advertising Club'sSilver Medal Award—also known as the Advertising Person of the Year Award—for his work with (RED).[22] The annual award recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to the advertising industry, furthering industry standards, demonstrating creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern.
In February 2008, he was honored withamfAR, The Foundation for AIDS's Award of Courage for his outstanding contribution toHIV/AIDS research and awareness.
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