Ronald Tutor

Ronald Tutor
Education Van Nuys High School
Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupation Businessman
Spouse(s) Alia Tutor
Parent(s) A.G. Tutor

Ronald Tutor is an American businessman and investor. He is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Tutor Perini, and President of the Tutor-Saliba Corporation.

Early life

Ronald Tutor is of Armenian descent.[1] His father, A.G. Tutor, founded A.G. Tutor Co., a real estate development company, in 1949.[2] The company built "houses and small commercial buildings".[2]

Tutor was educated at the Van Nuys High School.[2] He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1963.[3][4]

Career

Tutor started a career in construction shortly after graduation, working for Tutor-Saliba and A.G. Tutor Co.[4] He now serves as Chairman, CEO and President of Tutor Perini, and President of the Tutor-Perini Corporation.[4][5] He received the United States Army Corps of Engineers National Contractor of the Year Award for Civil Works Projects in 1994.[3]

In 2010, Tutor was a lead investor in the $650 million purchase of Miramax Films from The Walt Disney Company, investing between US$50 million and US$35 million.[6][7][8] In 2013, he sold his stake to the Qatar Investment Authority.[6][9]

Philanthropy

Tutor serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, USC.[5] The Ronald Tutor Campus Center and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Tutor Hall on the USC campus are named in his honor.[3] He has received the Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award from USC.[3] He donated US$2 million to the USC Institute of Armenian Studies in 2008.[1] In 2014, his wife Alia endowed the Alia Tutor Chair in Reproductive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.[10]

Personal life

Tutor used to reside in a Tudor style 20,000-square-foot home with 3.39 acres of landscaped gardens, a lake, a tennis court, a swimming-pool and several hot tubs in the gated community of Hidden Hills, California, formerly rented by singer Britney Spears.[11] He owned the Pegasus V yacht.[12] He has three daughters from previous marriage and two sons with his wife, Alia.[2][10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Armenian Studies Institute Salutes Trustee". USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Science. June 1, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Miller, Daniel (March 29, 2012). "Ron Tutor: The Lawsuits, Losses and Private Struggles of the Man Behind Miramax". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 USC Alumni
  4. 1 2 3 Tutor-Saliba Corporation biography
  5. 1 2 Forbes
  6. 1 2 Alex Ben Block, Ron Tutor Sells His Miramax Stake, The Hollywood Reporter, 1/21/2013
  7. ↑ Claudia Eller, Dawn C. Chmielewski, Ron Tutor's bid for Miramax moves forward, The Los Angeles Times, June 05, 2010
  8. ↑ Claudia Eller, Dawn C. Chmielewski, Disney agrees to sell Miramax Films to investor group led by Ron Tutor, The Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2010
  9. ↑ Ben Fritz, Ron Tutor sells Miramax stake, The Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2013
  10. 1 2 Hamaker, Amy E. (April 18, 2014). "Alia Tutor endows Keck School chair for fertility research". USC News. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  11. ↑ Britney Spears Buys $18.9M Mansion in Hidden Hills, CA, NBC Bay Area
  12. ↑ Big bash on yacht for sale, The New York Post, October 27, 2012
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