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John Delaney Fast Facts

February 18, 2019

(CNN) โ€” Here is a look at the life of John Delaney, a businessman, former US representative from Maryland and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.

Personal

Birth date: April 16, 1963

Birth place: Wood-Ridge, New Jersey

Birth name: John Kevin Delaney

Father: Jack Delaney, electrician

Mother: Elaine (Rowe) Delaney, homemaker

Marriage: April McClain-Delaney

Children: Summer, Lily, Grace and Brooke

Education: Columbia University, B.S., 1985; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 1988

Religion: Roman Catholic

Other Facts

Went to Columbia University on scholarships from his fatherโ€™s trade union, the American Legion, the VFW and the Lions Club.

Delaney was one of the wealthiest members of the US Congress when he served as a representative from Maryland, according to the 2018 Roll Call Wealth of Congress analysis, which placed him as the sixth-richest, with a calculated net worth of $93 million.

The youngest CEO of a publicly traded company when his first company was listed on the stock exchange.

He practiced law briefly at Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge in the late 1980s, after completing law school.

Timeline

1990-1992 - Co-owns and runs American Home Therapies, a health care firm, with Ethan Leder.

1993 - Co-founds HealthCare Financial Partners, a lender to health care companies, with Leder and Edward Nordberg Jr.

1993-1997 - Serves as chairman of the board, CEO and president of HealthCare Financial Partners.

2000-2009 - Co-founds and acts as CEO/executive manager of CapitalSource, a lender to small- and medium-sized businesses.

2010 -2012 - Serves as executive chairman of CapitalSource.

April 6, 2012 - Resigns as executive chairman of CapitalSource after becoming the Democratic candidate in Marylandโ€™s 6th District race.

January 3, 2013-January 3, 2019 - US representative from Marylandโ€™s 6th District.

July 28, 2017 - Announces in a Washington Post opinion piece that he is running for president and will not run for reelection to the House of Representatives.

May 29, 2018 - Delaneyโ€™s book, โ€œThe Right Answer: How We Can Unify Our Divided Nation,โ€ is published.

January 31, 2020 - Delaney announces that he is ending his 2020 presidential campaign.

September 21, 2021 - Delaney founds Forbright Inc. and becomes executive chairman of Forbright Bank, formerly Congressional Bank. Delaney purchased control of Congressional Bank in 2011.

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