Melissa Argyros is an American philanthropist and real estate investor who was nominated to serve as United States Ambassador to Latvia in 2025. [1]
Argyros is the daughter of billionaire George Argyros, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Spain under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2004. [2] In 2007, she received her Bachelor's degree from Chapman University, where her family later gifted $10,000,000 to open the Argyros College of Business and Economics in memory of her late father. [3] [4]
Argyros serves as co-CEO of the Argyros Family Foundation. [5]
Between 2024 and 2025, Argyros contributed more than $2,000,000 to the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee. [6] In March 2025, President Donald Trump nominated her to serve as the United States Ambassador to Latvia. [7] [8]
She has served on the Board of Trustees for several political groups, charitable organizations, and nonprofits, including the Richard Nixon Foundation, New Majority, Boy Scouts of America, Chapman University, and Orange County School of the Arts. [9] [10]