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My Take
I find Mitt Romney more interesting in defeat than most politicians are in victory. The resume is formidable — turnaround consultant, savior of the Salt Lake City Olympics, governor, senator, presidential nominee — but what stays with me is his willingness to cast lonely votes against his own party when conscience demanded it. The 2021 Profile in Courage Award was earned, not honorary. You can disagree with his politics, and plenty do, yet his career argues that personal decency and ambition can coexist. In an era that rewards noise, Romney bet on steadiness, and I suspect history will treat that bet kindly.
Overview
Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and retired politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025 and as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 2012 presidential election. The youngest child of former Michigan governor and U.S.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mitt Romney
- Name (Japanese)
- ミット・ロムニー
- Reading
- みっと・ろむにー
- Born
- March 12, 1947 (age 79)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Boar
- Origin
- Harper University Hospital, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / consultant / business executive / non-fiction writer / Mormon missionary
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Stanford University
Awards & achievements
- 2021 Profile in Courage Award
- 2002 Gold Olympic Order
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games | — | |
| Notable work | No Apology | — | |
| Notable work | Mitt Romney's March 3 speech | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.