Name Ronald Tutor Role Businessman | Spouse Alia Tutor | |
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Ronald Tutor is an American businessman and investor. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tutor Perini, and President of the Tutor-Saliba Corporation.
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Early life
Ronald Tutor is of Armenian descent. His father, A.G. Tutor, founded A.G. Tutor Co., a real estate development company, in 1949. The company built "houses and small commercial buildings".
Tutor was educated at the Van Nuys High School. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1963.
Career
Tutor started a career in construction shortly after graduation, working for Tutor-Saliba and A.G. Tutor Co. He now serves as Chairman, CEO and President of Tutor Perini, and President of the Tutor-Perini Corporation. He received the United States Army Corps of Engineers National Contractor of the Year Award for Civil Works Projects in 1994.
In 2010, Tutor was a lead investor in the $650 million purchase of Miramax Films from The Walt Disney Company, investing between US$50 million and US$35 million. In 2013, he sold his stake to the Qatar Investment Authority.
Philanthropy
Tutor serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, USC. The Ronald Tutor Campus Center and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Tutor Hall on the USC campus are named in his honor. He has received the Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award from USC. He donated US$2 million to the USC Institute of Armenian Studies in 2008. In 2014, his wife Alia endowed the Alia Tutor Chair in Reproductive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Personal life
Tutor owned the Pegasus V yacht. He has three daughters from previous marriage and two sons with his wife, Alia.