Nationality American Net worth 3.8 billion USD (2015) Name Martha Ingram | Religion Episcopalian | |
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Full Name Martha Robinson Rivers Known for Entrepreneur, philanthropist, arts patron Spouse E. Bronson Ingram II (m. 1958) Children John R. Ingram, Orrin H. Ingram II, David B. Ingram, Robin Ingram Patton Parents John Minott, Martha Elizabeth Robinson Rivers Siblings Elizabeth Rivers Lewine, John Rivers Jr Similar People E Bronson Ingram II, Orrin H Ingram II, John R Ingram, David B Ingram, Nicholas S Zeppos | ||
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Martha Robinson Rivers Ingram (born August 20, 1935) is an American business executive and philanthropist. She serves as the chairman of Ingram Industries. In 1995, Martha Ingram succeeded her late husband as chairman and chief executive officer of Ingram Industries, one of America's largest privately held companies.
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- Early life
- Career
- Political activity
- Philanthropy
- Personal life
- References
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Early life
Martha Robinson Rivers was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the daughter of John Minott and Martha Elizabeth Robinson Rivers. She was educated at Ashley Hall in Charleston. She graduated from Vassar College with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1957.
Career
Upon graduation, she found employment at WCSC-AM/FM and WCSC-TV, a radio and television station, respectively, owned by her father.
Ingram was appointed by her husband as Director of Public Affairs at Ingram Industries in 1979. After her husband's death in 1995, she became Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. She has ranked 524th on the Forbes list of richest people.
Political activity
In 2015, Ingram donated to Democratic candidate Megan Barry's campaign to become the new Mayor of Nashville.
Philanthropy
Ingram was a co-founder of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center which opened in 2005. She formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. The Vanderbilt Blair School of Music has been the recipient of $300 million of Ingram company stock.
Ingram was honored by Business Week as the 50th most generous philanthropist for her donations between the years 2000 and 2004. In 2006 she was honored by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee as the 2006 recipient of the 13th Annual Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award for her philanthropic efforts. She received the Eli & Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts.
Personal life
She married E. Bronson Ingram II, the son of business magnate Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr., on October 4, 1958, at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. They had three sons: Orrin H. Ingram II, John R. Ingram, and David B. Ingram, and a daughter, Robin Ingram Patton.