Ravenel B. Curry III

Ravenel B. Curry III is an American businessman and philanthropist.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Ravenel, a native of Greenwood, South Carolina, graduated from Furman University in 1963.[2][4]

Career

Curry began his investment career as a security analyst at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company. He was also partner at H.C. Wainwright as well as a Portfolio Manager of The Duke Endowment.[5] Curry is currently the President and CIO of Eagle Capital Management, an investment management firm headquartered in New York City which he co-Founded with his late wife Beth Curry in 1988.[1][6][3][7]

Philanthropy

He sits on the Board of Trustees of the American Enterprise Institute, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, The Duke Endowment, the New York Hall of Science, the New-York Historical Society, the Genetics Endowment of South Carolina, the Blanton-Peale Institute (named for Norman Vincent Peale), and his alma mater, Furman University.[1][3][8][9][10][11] He has previously served as President of the Furman University Alumni Board and as Chair of the New Jersey Higher Education Assistance Authority.[12] He is a Trustee Emeritus of Success Academy and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[13]

In 2004, he donated US$1 million to support the Chinese Studies program at Furman University, and, in 2023, he donated US$10 million to support the renovation of Furman University's basketball arena.[14][2]

He and Beth Curry founded the Ravenel and Elizabeth Curry Foundation, which made major contributions to Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medical College and Queens University of Charlotte, N.C.[6]

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Rivers Curry (née Mary Elizabeth Rivers) (1941-2015) in 1963.[2][6]

In 2017, Curry was granted the Manhattan Institute’s Alexander Hamilton Award.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c The Duke Endowment Board of Trustees
  2. ^ a b c d Across South Carolina, The Augusta Chronicle, 12/07/04
  3. ^ a b c The U.S./China Executive Institute Advisory Council
  4. ^ "Ravenel Curry pledges $10 million gift for Furman's Timmons Arena renovation".
  5. ^ "Furman celebrates award recipients at the 2022 Bell Tower Ball".
  6. ^ a b c Roberts, Sam (November 19, 2015). "Beth Curry, 74, Founded Investment Firm". New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  7. ^ "venel B. Curry III". Furman University.
  8. ^ American Enterprise Institute Board of Trustees
  9. ^ Manhattan Institute Board of Trustees Archived 2015-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ New-York Historical Society Board of Trustees
  11. ^ New York Hall of Science Board of Trustees Archived 2013-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Ravenel Curry Bio".
  13. ^ "Ravenel B. Curry III". www.eaglecap.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  14. ^ "Ravenel Curry pledges $10 million gift for Furman's Timmons Arena renovation".
  15. ^ "Curry receives major honor from the Manhattan Institute". Furman University. May 5, 2017.