Mark gordon biography

Wyoming

Elected the 33rd governor of Wyoming in 2018.

Early Years: The son of Wyoming ranchers, Gov. Gordon was born in 1957. 

Education: Earned his bachelor’s from Middlebury College in Vermont.

Career: Gordon was elected the 33rd Governor of Wyoming in 2018. Prior to that, Gordon ran several businesses including two focused on outdoor recreation and tourism. He worked in the oil and gas industry after college. He and his wife Jennie own a cow-calf operation, breeding Angus/Hereford cross cattle. He served as Wyoming State Treasurer from 2012 until 2018.

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About Wyoming

Nickname: Equality State (official) and the Cowboy State

Capital: Cheyenne

Population: 586,107

Size: The state covers 97,914 square miles

Economic drivers: Mineral extraction industry, travel and tourism

Did you know? Yellowstone National Park, in the northwest corner of the state, was the first designated national park in the world.

Governor of Wyoming since 2019

For other people named Mark Gordon, see Mark Gordon (disambiguation).

Mark Gordon (born March 14, 1957) is an American politician serving as the 33rd governor of Wyoming since January 7, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as state treasurer; then-governor Matt Mead appointed him to that position on October 26, 2012, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Joseph Meyer.

Early life and education

Gordon was born in New York City, the son of Catherine (née Andrews) and Crawford Gordon. Gordon’s father grew up on Drumlin Farm, in Lincoln, Massachusetts. His parents married on October 27, 1945, at the First Unitarian Church of Kennebunk, Maine, before settling at their ranch in Kaycee, Wyoming, in 1947.

Gordon’s paternal grandmother was the philanthropist Louise Ayer Hatheway. His paternal great-grandfather was the industrialist and mill magnate Frederick Ayer, founder of the American Woolen Company, and younger brother of the patent medicine tycoon James Cook Ayer, both of Lowell, Massachusetts.

He is a nephew of the socialite Jean Gordon. Gordon is also a great-nephew by marriage of GeneralGeorge S. Patton, and a first cousin once removed of General George Patton IV. He was raised on his family's ranch in Johnson County, Wyoming. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Middlebury College in 1979.

Career

2008 congressional run

Main article: 2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

In 2008, Gordon was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican primary for the United States House of Representatives for Wyoming's at-large congressional district seat held by Barbara Cubin, who was retiring. His main opponent was Cynthia Lummis, also a former state treasurer and the wife of a Democratic former state representative, Alvin Wiederspahn. Former U.S. senatorAlan K. Simpson of Cody, co

American television director and producer

Mark Richard Gordon (born October 10, 1956) is an American producer. He is a former president of the Producers Guild of America. In January 2018, Gordon was named president and chief content officer of film and television for Entertainment One, which had acquired his production company, The Mark Gordon Company.

Early life and education

Gordon was born on October 10, 1956 in Newport News, Virginia. He is of Jewish descent. He is a graduate of New York University Film School.

Career

Gordon's first producing effort was the Off-Broadway production of The Buddy System at Circle in the Square downtown.

In the television arena, Gordon is an executive producer on The Rookie and Grey's Anatomy while his past projects include Ray Donovan, Criminal Minds, Designated Survivor, Private Practice, and Army Wives. Gordon's work in television has garnered him a Golden Globe in addition to five Emmy nominations and two wins. In 2015 he was awarded the Norman Lear Award for Lifetime Achievement in Television by the Producers Guild of America.

Gordon's films include Saving Private Ryan, Steve Jobs, Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, Molly's Game, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, Speed, Source Code, The Messenger, and The Patriot. Gordon has also taken on the role of executive producer and fi

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Mark Gordon is an American television and film producer who founded his own production company, The Mark Gordon Company.

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Gordon was born on October 10, 1956 in Newport News, Virginia, and is a graduate of the New York University Film School. His first producer credit was the off-Broadway production of The Buddy System. Afterwards, he founded his own production company and started producing TV shows and feature films.

He is a former President of the Producers Guild of America, having served from 2010 to 2014. He then became the President Emeritus. In 2015, Gordon won the Norman Lear Award from the Guild for achievement in television. He is also a five-time Emmy Award nominee and two-time winner. Additionally, he won a Golden Globe Award for his work on Grey's Anatomy.

Gordon is currently executive-producing Grey's Anatomy, Ray Donovan, and Quantico. In 2015, The Mark Gordon Company partnered with Entertainment One to create an independent television and film studio, which Gordon serves as its CEO. He was married to Karen Villeneuve from 1997 to 2003, and had two daughters with her. He is currently married to Sally Whitehill.