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Mosbacher Operating Limited (born 1951), American businessman and Republican politician; former head of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; son of Robert
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Mosbacher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dee Mosbacher (born 1949), American filmmaker and lesbian feminist, daughter of Robert * Emil Mosbacher (1922–1997), yachtsman * Eric Mosbacher (1903–1998), journalist * Georgette Mosbacher (born 1947), American businesswoman and Republican fundraiser; former wife of Robert * Peter Mosbacher (1912–1977), actor * Robert Mosbacher (1927–2010), American businessman, United States Secretary of Commerce, yachtsman * Robert Mosbacher Jr. Robert Adam Mosbacher Jr. (born May 29, 1951) is an American businessman, founder of BizCorps, and the former head of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Nominated by U.S. President George W. Bush, Mosbacher was sworn in as the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dee Mosbacher
Diane "Dee" Mosbacher, MD, Ph.D., (born January 13, 1949 in Houston, Texas) is an American filmmaker, lesbian feminist activist, and practicing psychiatrist. In 1993, she founded Woman Vision, a nonprofit organization to promote equal treatment of all people through the production and use of educational media, including video. Early life and education Mosbacher is the daughter of the late Jane Pennybacker Mosbacher and Robert Mosbacher (1927–2010), who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1992. She has two sisters (Kathryn and Lisa) and a brother (Robert Jr.). Mosbacher and her father had a close relationship despite the Republican Party's largely anti-gay position. In 1992, on a day when the two were both giving commencement speeches, she told a reporter for ''The Washington Post'' that she began her speech: "Dad and I had breakfast this morning. We looked at each other's speeches. He would have used mine but he's not a lesbian. I wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Mosbacher
Emil "Bus" Mosbacher Jr. (April 1, 1922 – August 13, 1997) was a two-time America's Cup-winning yachtsman, the founding chairman of Operation Sail, and Chief of Protocol of the United States during the administration of President Richard Nixon. Life and career Mosbacher was born in White Plains, New York. He was the brother of Robert Mosbacher Sr., also a champion yachtsman, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce during the administration of President George Herbert Walker Bush. He was the son of Gertrude (née Schwartz) and Emil Mosbacher Sr., a wealthy stock trader who divested himself of his holdings just before the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and who, as a member of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club, helped formulate specifications for the Interclub class of racing sloops. His family was of German Jewish descent. "Bus" Mosbacher graduated from The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in 1939 and from Dartmouth College in 1943. During World War II, Mosbacher served on a Navy minesweep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Mosbacher
Eric Mosbacher (22 December 1903 – 2 July 1998) was an English journalist and translator from Italian, French, German and Spanish. He translated work by Ignazio Silone and Sigmund Freud.'Eric Mosbacher', '' The Times'', 10 July 1998, p.25 Life Eric Mosbacher was born in London. He was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduating in 1924 in French and Italian. After working on local newspapers, he worked for the ''Daily Express'' and then the '' Evening Standard''. He also worked as assistant editor of the weekly ''Everyman'' and editor of ''Anglo-American News'', the London journal of the American Chamber of Commerce. Mosbacher's wife, Gwenda David, introduced him to the work of Ignazio Silone, and the pair translated Silone's anti-Fascist novel '' Fontamara'' in 1934. Often working in collaboration with his wife, Mosbacher continued translating in parallel with his other jobs. During World War II he worked as an interpreter interrogating Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgette Mosbacher
Georgette Mosbacher (née Paulsin; January 16, 1947) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, political activist who served as the United States Ambassador to Poland from 2018 to 2021. She is the chairman of the Green Beret Foundation advisory board, and a Fox News contributor. On November 19, 2015, President Barack Obama nominated her as a member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Mosbacher started her career as an executive in 1987 when she purchased the struggling cosmetics firm La Prairie, outbidding companies such as Revlon, Avon, and Estee Lauder. After selling La Prairie in 1991 to Beiersdorf for a profit, in the 1990s she founded Georgette Mosbacher Enterprises, her own business and finance consulting company. From 2000 to 2015 she served as CEO of Borghese, a cosmetics manufacturer based in New York City. Mosbacher authored two motivational books for women in the 1990s: ''Feminine Force'' through Simon & Schuster and ''It Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mosbacher
Peter Mosbacher (1912–1977) was a German stage, film and television actor.Goble p.252 Selected filmography * '' Melody of a Great City'' (1943) * '' The Last Night'' (1949) * '' The Prisoner'' (1949) * '' Two Times Lotte'' (1950) * '' Harbour Melody'' (1950) * ''The Girl from the South Seas'' (1950) * '' Dark Eyes'' (1951) * '' The Sinful Border'' (1951) * '' Not Without Gisela'' (1951) * '' Homesick for You'' (1952) * '' Pension Schöller'' (1952) * '' Josef the Chaste'' (1953) * '' Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine'' (1953) * ''We'll Talk About Love Later'' (1953) * ''The Village Under the Sky'' (1953) * '' Canaris'' (1954) * '' A Life for Do'' (1954) * '' The Perfect Couple'' (1954) * '' Hotel Adlon'' (1955) * '' Liane, Jungle Goddess'' (1956) * '' Salzburg Stories'' (1957) * '' The Last Ones Shall Be First'' (1957) * ''The Fox of Paris'' (1957) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1958) * '' Peter Voss, Hero of the Day'' (1959) * '' Homesick for St. Pauli'' (1963) * '' The Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mosbacher
Robert Adam Mosbacher Sr. (March 11, 1927 – January 24, 2010) was an American businessman, accomplished yacht racer, and a Republican politician. A longtime friend and political ally of George H. W. Bush, Mosbacher served in Bush's Cabinet as Secretary of Commerce from 1989 to 1992. Early life Mosbacher was born in Mount Vernon, New York, to Gertrude (née Schwartz) and Emil Mosbacher. His grandparents were German Jewish immigrants. He had a sister, Barbara, and a brother, Emil Mosbacher Jr., a two-time America's Cup-winning yachtsman and former Presidential Chief of Protocol. Mosbacher had a colorful childhood, growing up around characters like George Gershwin, a friend of his father. After graduation from The Choate School, he went to Texas as a wildcatter. He befriended future president George H. W. Bush in Texas. Sailing career Sailing as a member of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club, Mosbacher led the team that won the Scoville Cup and the Midget Yacht championship for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
