Steven J. Green

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Steven J. Green
12th United States Ambassador to Singapore
In office
November 18, 1997 –March 1, 2001
President Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded by Timothy Chorba
Succeeded by Frank Lavin
Personal details
Born (1945-07-17) July 17, 1945 (age 74)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Spouse(s)Dorothea Langhans

Steven J. Green (born 1945) is an American businessman and Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Singapore in Miami, Florida. He was the United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1997 to 2001.

Singapore Republic in Southeast Asia

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island city-state in Southeast Asia. The country is situated one degree north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to the north. Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets. Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23%.

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Education and family

Green was born in 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Miami and New York Institute of Finance. [1] He is married to Dorothea Green (née Langhans). [2] He has two daughters. One is an attorney whom also partakes in horseback riding and won a big horse competition, and the other daughter is chairman of the Green Family Foundation [3]

University of Miami private university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States

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He is married to former Miss New York and model, Dorothea Langhans whom he met at the Miss Universe pageant. [4]

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Career

Business

Green has participated in many business ventures. In the 1980s, he managed E-II Holdings, a company that had been forced into bankruptcy because of its junk bond debts. The company received an infusion of capital from Leon Black, resulting in its emergence from bankruptcy. [5]

Leon David Black is an American investor and art collector. He specializes in leveraged buyouts and private equity. He founded the private equity firm Apollo Global Management in 1990. He is the chairman of MoMa.

From 1988 to 1996, Green was Chairman and CEO of Samsonite Corporation. He was also Chairman and CEO of Astrum International from 1990 to 1995. During this time, Astrum operated Samsonite as a subsidiary as well as Culligan Water. Both Samsonite and Culligan were spun off as separate publicly owned companies in 1995. [6]

As chairman of Astrum, Green directed the company's expansion into emerging markets in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia and the Middle East. In 1992, he was Chairman and CEO when the company opened the first American retailing store in Red Square, Moscow. [7]

Public Service

President Clinton appointed Green to the President's Export Council in 1995. [7]

United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore

On November 18, 1997, Green was sworn in as United States Ambassador to Singapore, a position that he would hold until March 1, 2001. A political appointee of President Bill Clinton, he stayed on as Ambassador during the early days of the administration of President George W. Bush.

Green spearheaded a number of strategic programs that bilateral relations economic development, intellectual property, immigration and national security. He directly led the effort to start bilateral negotiations which culminated in the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

Career after being Ambassador

Honorary Consul General of Singapore, Miami, Florida

In 2002, Green was appointed Honorary Consul General of Singapore in Miami. The Honorary Consulate General in Miami refers consular and visa applications to the Singaporean embassy in Washington. [8]

Business career after Ambassadorship

Green is currently Managing Director, Greenstreet Partners, a private merchant bank. Previously he was chairman and CEO of Greenstreet Partners, Auburndale Properties, and the CEENIS Property Fund. [7]

Charities and board membership [6]

Trustee

Board member

Green Family Foundation

Green established the Green Family Foundation in 1991. The foundation supports HIV/AIDS prevention and education, access to the arts, homeless assistance, disaster relief, and community outreach. Green's daughter, Kimberly, is the chair of the foundation. [2]

Philanthropy

In 2015, Green, his wife Dorothea, daughter Kimberly Green and the Green Family Foundation, made a $20 million donation to Florida International University (FIU). In honor of the donation, the University renamed its School of International and Public Affairs to the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs. In furtherance of the Green Family’s commitment, FIU has also renamed its Latin American and Caribbean Center to the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center and established the Kimberly Green Scholarship and Dorothea Green Lecture Series Fund. [9]

Green and his wife are no strangers of Florida International University, having supported the University for nearly 25 years, the Green family has made prior donations, resulting in the naming of the University's library, The Steve and Dorothea Green Library, and the Frost Art Museum, creating art lecture series, and preserving history through the Digital Library of the Caribbean. They also forever changed the way FIU teaches medicine through the university’s groundbreaking Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP in the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, where students work with medically under-served families throughout Miami-Dade County.

Awards [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-06. Retrieved 2007-07-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "Ambassador Steven J. and Dorothea Green". Green Family Foundation. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
  3. ↑ Steven J. Green
  4. ↑ Miami Herald: "A Miami Beach love story born at Miss Universe 50 years ago" January 25, 2015
  5. ↑ "Riding the gravy train to post as ambassador". December 21, 1997.
  6. 1 2 "Council of American Ambassadors Membership - Steven J. Green". Council of American Ambassadors. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
  7. 1 2 3 "Speaker's Biography: Steven Green". Milken Institute.
  8. ↑ Washington Homepage
  9. ↑ "$20 million gift transforms School of International and Public Affairs". April 20, 2015.
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Preceded by
Timothy Chorba 		United States Ambassador to Singapore
1998–2001		Succeeded by
Frank Lavin
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