Robert Rowling is the founder of TRT Holdings, the holding company of Omni Hotels and Gold's Gym. Forbes magazine in 2007 lists him as the 49th wealthiest American. In 1972, Rowling began working for Tana Oil and Gas, which was owned by his father, Reese Rowling, and William Colson. In 1989 Texaco acquired Tana for $476 million, thereby providing money that was used to form TRT Holdings. Five years later, TRT Holdings sold Corpus Christi National Bank for $131 million.

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  • Robert Rowling is the founder of TRT Holdings, the holding company of Omni Hotels and Gold's Gym. Forbes magazine in 2007 lists him as the 49th wealthiest American. In 1972, Rowling began working for Tana Oil and Gas, which was owned by his father, Reese Rowling, and William Colson. In 1989 Texaco acquired Tana for $476 million, thereby providing money that was used to form TRT Holdings. Five years later, TRT Holdings sold Corpus Christi National Bank for $131 million. TRT Holdings would later purchase Omni Hotels for $500 million and Gold's Gym for $180 million. A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Rowling has an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from Southern Methodist University. Rowling served as a regent to the University of Texas System until February 6, 2009 when he resigned over a controversy regarding bonuses paid to the UTIMCO investment staff. Governor Rick Perry and Texas state senators had sought to go back on compensation agreements with the staff. Unwilling to break the contracts and disgusted by their grandstanding, Rowling quit during a Texas Senate Finance Committee meeting and followed it up a day later with a formal letter of resignation In recognition for his contributions to the Bush campaign, Robert Rowling has been given the title of Bush Pioneer.
  • Robert B. Rowling ist Gründer der TRT Holdings Inc. Unter dieser Holding ist unter anderem die Hotelkette Omni Hotels und Gold’s Gym organisiert. Das Forbes Magazine hat Rowling im Jahr 2006, als den 42. -reichsten Mann Amerikas ausgewiesen. 1972 fing Rowling an für die Firma seines Vaters zu arbeiten, Tana Oil and Gas. 1989 kauft Texaco, Tana Oil and Gas von Rowlings Vater für rund 476 Millionen US-Dollar. Dieses Geld nutzte er, um die TRT Holdings zu gründen. Fünf Jahre später verkauft die TRT Holdings die Corpus Christi National Bank für rund 131 Millionen US-Dollar, um dann 1996 Omni Hotels für rund 500 Millionen US-Dollar und 2004 Gold’s Gym für rund 154 Millionen US-Dollar zu kaufen. Rowling ist auch als Mitglied des Verwaltungsrates des University of Texas Systems tätig und wurde aufgrund seiner Verdienste bei der Präsidentschaftskampagne von George W. Bush (2004) mit dem Titel Bush Pioneer ausgezeichnet.
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  • Robert Rowling is the founder of TRT Holdings, the holding company of Omni Hotels and Gold's Gym. Forbes magazine in 2007 lists him as the 49th wealthiest American. In 1972, Rowling began working for Tana Oil and Gas, which was owned by his father, Reese Rowling, and William Colson. In 1989 Texaco acquired Tana for $476 million, thereby providing money that was used to form TRT Holdings. Five years later, TRT Holdings sold Corpus Christi National Bank for $131 million.
  • Robert B. Rowling ist Gründer der TRT Holdings Inc. Unter dieser Holding ist unter anderem die Hotelkette Omni Hotels und Gold’s Gym organisiert. Das Forbes Magazine hat Rowling im Jahr 2006, als den 42. -reichsten Mann Amerikas ausgewiesen. 1972 fing Rowling an für die Firma seines Vaters zu arbeiten, Tana Oil and Gas. 1989 kauft Texaco, Tana Oil and Gas von Rowlings Vater für rund 476 Millionen US-Dollar. Dieses Geld nutzte er, um die TRT Holdings zu gründen.
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