This year’s Forbes Billionaires list featured 172 women – more than ever before – and unearthed 268 new ten-figure fortunes. He lives in New York. Jon Stryker has 36 posts on their Instagram profile. Here are the top 40 billionaire backers of the 2012 cycle. #31 Stryker Family.
Stryker has given away $585 million in his lifetime. Accessed August 3, 2019. At least one member of the world’s 50 richest people can be found on every continent except Antarctica. [7], Stryker is a registered architect in Michigan and is president of Depot Landmark LLC, a development company specializing in the rehabilitation of historic buildings. [45], Stryker also makes contributions in support of the college's study abroad programs and enrollment diversity efforts. April 26, 2012. Stryker married his long-time partner Slobodan Randjelović in December 2016. Accessed August 3, 2019. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. Monacelli, Emily. He is founder and president of the Arcus Foundation, which funds left-of-center groups that promote LGBT interests and for preservation of apes. Judging from the negative coverage they receive, you'd be mistaken for believing the Koch brothers are the biggest billionaire donors of the election. In 2016, he and his sister, Pat Stryker, gave $10 million to fund the nation's first memorial to the victims of racial terror lynchings. That's one common ground — the compassion side. Accessed August 3, 2019. [25], Stryker, who is openly gay,[12] is one of the world's leading philanthropic donors to the LGBT community. Jon Stryker is an LGBT activist and one of the heirs to the Stryker medical device fortune. [40] The endowment was the largest donation in the college's 182-year history and one of the largest given to any undergraduate institution in the United States for a social justice purpose. Copyright 2020 InfluenceWatch. [12] His Arcus Foundation is the top LGBT-specific grant-making organization in the United States,[26] giving more than $17 million a year to organizations working toward social justice for LGBT people in 2013.[27]. [42], In 2009, Stryker's Arcus Foundation awarded a $200,000 planning grant[40] and a $2.1 million project grant[43] to Kalamazoo College to develop a social leadership center on campus. [5] Jon Stryker is the brother of Ronda Stryker and Patricia Stryker. M. & Momberg. [20], Stryker gave $20 million to Kalamazoo College to establish the Jon L. Stryker Future Leaders Scholarship Program.

Stryker married his long-time partner Slobodan Randjelovic in December 2016. You might be surprised by who's here and who's missing. All Rights Reserved, Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for MoMA, Reflects change since 5 PM ET of prior trading day. Spelman will be the only historically black college or university with a queer studies program. T, Lwin. [10], Stryker is also on the board for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. [41] The endowment supports a wide range of critical and creative activities at the intersection of LGBT issues and urban design and planning.

Accessed August 3, 2019. Stryker was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. T, Aung.

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[35] Stryker funded the purchase of a 190-acre abandoned grapefruit grove in 1997 and oversaw its transformation into a modern sanctuary,[36] which today provides lifetime care for more than 250 chimpanzees rescued from biomedical research laboratories. All Rights Reserved. Jon Lloyd Stryker (born c. 1958) is an American architect, philanthropist and activist for social and environmental causes. [3] Stryker is the president of Depot Landmark, which focuses on rehabilitation of historic buildings. Stryker is a Platinum Council donor (giving US$50,000 or more in annual contributions) to the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund,[28] a national organization that works to support the candidacies of openly LGBT officials at all levels of government. [25], In 2016, Jon and his sister Pat gave $10 million to the Equal Justice Initiative to establish the Memorial to Peace and Justice, honoring the victims of racist lynchings across the United States. The threatened colobine species Rhinopithecus strykeri is named for him. Did The Strykers Strike Again With Anonymous Donation? [11], Stryker is the founder and president of the Arcus Foundation, a private international philanthropic organization primarily supporting great ape conservation efforts and LGBT causes, as well as other social justice endeavors. Forbes estimated his net worth at $3.9 billion as of August 2019. 8,303 Followers, 0 Following, 282 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Jon Jon (@jonastryker) [41], In 2000, Stryker established the Arcus Endowment at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design. EY & Citi On The Importance Of Resilience And Innovation, Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing For Change, These Are The 61 Billionaires Who Spent Money On Pete Buttigieg’s Now-Defunct Campaign, Here Are The Billionaires Backing Pete Buttigieg’s Presidential Campaign, Billionaire Jon Stryker Donates $2 Million To Spelman College To Create First Ever Queer Studies Chair At An HBCU, Roman Abramovich's $5 Million Gift Is The Latest Donation From Billionaires Fighting Hate Crimes, Park Avenue Armory Celebrates Its Tenth Year, Raises $2.2 Million, Oprah Endorses Hillary Clinton, Joining A Growing List Of Billionaires Backing The Democratic Candidate, Philanthropy Takes A Stand In Social Movements, As Supreme Court Decision Looms, Meet The Billionaires Backing Same-Sex Marriage, The Election's 40 Biggest Billionaire Donors (And Why The Kochs Are Missing). December 19, 2016. Buttigieg received contributions to his campaign from titans in private equity, hedge funds and real estate. Speaking to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in 2008, Stryker explained that the Arcus Foundation's two primary areas of focus, while seemingly unrelated, are bound by the common themes of compassion and justice: Great apes are under huge threat. However, Stryker Corp. announced in 2012 it would be cutting jobs by 5 percent—or 1,170 jobs—as a means to deal with rising costs from Obamacare.
Accessed August 3, 2019. [40] In 2008, he established a $5.6 million grant to fund the tuition and financial support of 50 Posse Scholars from the Los Angeles Unified School District. In our great apes work, we often see a link between economic development for people and ape conservation — social justice for people can truly enable conservation. Jon's father, Lee Stryker,[2] died in an airplane crash in 1976. Others -- not so much. Accessed August 3, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/profile/jon-stryker/#3cbfd2bb772e, https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2019/03/05/michigan-forbes-billionaires/3067699002/, https://www.arcusfoundation.org/board-and-staff/, http://www.lgbthistorymonth.com/jon-stryker?tab=biography, https://www.forbes.com/profile/stryker/#7f8bc2f74ddd, https://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/04/26/nations-largest-lgbt-funder-changing-its-focus/, https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/5/19/a-look-at-jon-strykers-massive-long-term-support-for-chimpan.html, https://www.christianpost.com/news/obamacare-supporter-jon-stryker-watches-as-family-firm-slashes-jobs-over-health-care-concerns.html, http://www.kzoo.edu/news/stryker-scholarships/, https://www.savethechimps.org/about-us/leadership-staff/, https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2016/12/jon_and_pat_stryker_donate_10.html, Arcus Foundation

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