Robert B. Goergen

Robert Blyth Goergen. Sr.
Born1938 [1]
New York, US
SpousePamela Goergen
Children2 [1]

Robert B. Goergen is a corporate executive, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of Blyth, Inc. He is also the founder and chairman of The Ropart Group, a private-equity investment firm. Goergen was a member of the Forbes 400 for a number of years in 1990s, but was later surpassed by other Americans.[2] Goergen earned a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Rochester in 1960, where he was also initiated into the Beta Phi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He also holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career at Procter & Gamble before moving onto other firms, including McCann-Erickson, McKinsey & Co. and the venture capital group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Goergen's philanthropy efforts are prolific, including several large donations to the University of Rochester, where the main athletics center and joint biomedical engineering and optics building bear his name, and to the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, with an endowment for a faculty chair and an entrepreneurial management program.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Members – Horatio Alger Association". HoratioAlger.org. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Where the Forbes 400 Keep Themselves". http. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "Building Name Recognizes Robert Goergen's Long History of Support". http. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  4. ^ The Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program