Mark Rockefeller

Mark Rockefeller
Mark Rockefeller
Born	Mark Fitler Rockefeller ; January 26, 1967 (age 57)
Education	Deerfield Academy
Alma mater	Princeton University ; Harvard University
Spouse	Renee Anne Anisko ( m. 1998; div. 2020)
Children	4
Parent(s)	Nelson Rockefeller ; Margaretta "Happy" Fitler
Relatives	See Rockefeller family

Mark Fitler Rockefeller (born January 26, 1967) is a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family . He is the younger son of former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908?1979) and Happy Rockefeller (1926?2015). Through his father, Rockefeller is a grandson of American financer John D. Rockefeller Jr. and a great-grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller . He was chairman of the board of directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in 2010. ^[1]

Early life [ edit ]

Rockefeller grew up at Kykuit , the central mansion at his family's estate in Pocantico, Westchester County , in New York State. He is an alumnus of the Buckley School, Deerfield Academy (1985), Princeton University (BA 1989), and Harvard University (MBA 1996). ^[2] He played football , basketball , and baseball at Deerfield, and played football at Princeton as a walk-on . ^[3]

Career [ edit ]

Rockefeller and his former wife own South Fork Lodge and South Fork Outfitters, both in Swan Valley, Idaho. ^[4] Previously, he was an associate in the Acquisition Finance Group at Chase Securities, Inc.

In 1999 he was elected chairman of the non-profit organization, Historic Hudson Valley , ^[2] founded by his grandfather, John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1951. Mark Rockefeller's older brother, Nelson Rockefeller Jr., has also served on its board. ^[5]

In a 2013 article about federal farm subsidy programs, the New York Post reported that 1,500 affluent New Yorkers had received payments. Among them was Rockefeller, who received $342,634 in farm subsidies over the course of ten years from 2001 to 2011 for allowing farmland to return to its natural condition. ^[6]

Personal life [ edit ]

In 1998, Rockefeller married Renee Anne Anisko (b. 1968) at the Church of the Magdalene in Pocantico Hills. She has a Juris Doctor degree cum laude from the Temple University Beasley School of Law . ^[4] They have four children. ^[7] They divorced in 2020. ^{[
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References [ edit ]

^ 2010 Board of Directors. Archived 2010-06-25 at the Wayback Machine National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "About Sponsor Direct - Management Team" . Sponsor Direct, LLC . Retrieved 24 January 2010 .
^ William N. Wallace (15 October 1988). "College Football Notebook; Many Points Likely at Army" . The New York Times .
^ ^a ^b "Weddings; Renee Anisko, Mark Rockefeller" . The New York Times . 17 May 1998.
^ "Rockefeller Named Chairman of Historic Hudson Valley" . Historic Hudson River Towns – official website . Half Moon Press. December 1999 . Retrieved 24 January 2010 .
^ "A load of crop" . NYPost . Ny Post. Jan 2013 . Retrieved 24 January 2013 .
^ Netto, David (2013-12-05). "The Reinvention of Beige" . The New York Times .

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[1] 2010 Board of Directors. Archived 2010-06-25 at the Wayback Machine National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Retrieved October 25, 2010.

[bio-2] "About Sponsor Direct - Management Team" . Sponsor Direct, LLC . Retrieved 24 January 2010 .

[3] William N. Wallace (15 October 1988). "College Football Notebook; Many Points Likely at Army" . The New York Times .

[wedding-4] "Weddings; Renee Anisko, Mark Rockefeller" . The New York Times . 17 May 1998.

[5] "Rockefeller Named Chairman of Historic Hudson Valley" . Historic Hudson River Towns – official website . Half Moon Press. December 1999 . Retrieved 24 January 2010 .

[6] "A load of crop" . NYPost . Ny Post. Jan 2013 . Retrieved 24 January 2013 .

[7] Netto, David (2013-12-05). "The Reinvention of Beige" . The New York Times .

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v t e Rockefeller family
children of William Avery Rockefeller Sr.	John Davison Rockefeller (m.) Laura Celestia Spelman William Avery Rockefeller Jr. Franklin Rockefeller
children of John Davison Rockefeller children of William Avery Rockefeller Jr.	Elizabeth Rockefeller (m.) Charles Augustus Strong Alta Rockefeller Edith Rockefeller (m.) Harold Fowler McCormick John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (m.) Abigail Greene Aldrich William Goodsell Rockefeller Percy Avery Rockefeller Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller (m.) Marcellus Hartley Dodge Sr.
children of Elizabeth Rockefeller children of Alta Rockefeller children of John Davison Rockefeller Jr.	Margaret Rockefeller Strong John Rockefeller Prentice Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller (m.) Jean Mauze John Davison Rockefeller III (m.) Blanchette Ferry Hooker Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (m. 1st) Mary Todhunter Clark (m. 2nd) Margaretta Large Fitler Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (m.) Mary French Winthrop Rockefeller David Rockefeller (m.) Margaret Rockefeller
children of William Goodsell Rockefeller children of Percy Avery Rockefeller children of Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller	Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller James Stillman Rockefeller Isabel Stillman Rockefeller (m.) Frederic W. Lincoln IV Avery Rockefeller Marcellus Hartley Dodge Jr.
children of John Rockefeller Prentice (1902?1972)	Abra Prentice
children of John Davison Rockefeller III children of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller children of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller children of Winthrop Rockefeller children of David Rockefeller children of Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller	John Davison Rockefeller IV Hope Aldrich Rockefeller Alida Ferry Rockefeller Rodman Clark Rockefeller Steven Clark Rockefeller Michael Clark Rockefeller Mark Fitler Rockefeller Laura Spelman Rockefeller Marion French Rockefeller Lucy Aldrich Rockefeller Laurance Rockefeller Jr. Winthrop Paul Rockefeller Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller Margaret Dulany Rockefeller Richard Gilder Rockefeller Eileen Rockefeller Godfrey Anderson Rockefeller
children of John Davison Rockefeller IV	Justin Aldrich Rockefeller
children of Rodman Clark Rockefeller	Meile Louise Rockefeller