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Glenn Youngkin

グレン・ヤンキン　/　ぐれん・やんきん

American business executive

December 9, 1966 (age 59)　・　Richmond, Virginia, United States

Virginia
business executive
politician
investment banker

My Take

Glenn Youngkin fascinates me as a study in reinvention. Spending 25 years climbing to co-CEO of a giant like The Carlyle Group is a full career on its own, yet he walked away from finance to win the Virginia governorship. That kind of mid-life pivot from boardroom to statehouse takes either enormous confidence or restlessness, and probably both. Whatever one makes of his politics, I find the trajectory itself compelling: a Rice-educated former college basketball player who treated public office as a second act. He's a reminder that ambition rarely stops at the obvious summit.

Overview

Glenn Allen Youngkin (born December 9, 1966) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 74th governor of Virginia from 2022 to 2026. A member of the Republican Party, he spent 25 years at The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, where he became co-CEO in 2018.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Glenn Youngkin
Name (Japanese): グレン・ヤンキン
Reading: ぐれん・やんきん
Born: December 9, 1966 (age 59)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Horse
Origin: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: business executive / politician / investment banker / basketball player / writer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Rice University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Youngkin

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