Paul Pelosi


Paul Francis Pelosi Sr. is an American businessman who owns and operates Financial Leasing Services, Inc., a San Francisco-based real estate and venture capital investment and consulting firm. In addition, he was the owner of the now-defunct Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He is married to the current U.S. House speaker, Nancy Pelosi.

Career

Pelosi was born and raised in San Francisco. He sits on many philanthropic and corporate boards. He earned his Bachelor of Science in foreign service at Georgetown University, and graduated with a Master of Business Administration from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He also studied at Harvard University's Business School. He has been the chair of the Foreign Service Board at Georgetown since 2009.
Pelosi founded and runs the venture capital firm Financial Leasing Services, through which he and his wife Nancy Pelosi have amassed a personal fortune of about $114 million.
After previously investing in the Oakland Invaders of the United States Football League, in 2009 he purchased a franchise in the United Football League for $12 million, the California Redwoods. The Redwoods would later move to Sacramento to become the Sacramento Mountain Lions.

Personal life

Paul Pelosi is the husband of Nancy Pelosi, the 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, he and Nancy were married on September 7, 1963, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.
Paul and Nancy have five children, Nancy Corinne, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul, and Alexandra, as well as nine grandchildren.