Jared Polis

Politician

Jared Polis was born in Boulder, Colorado, United States on May 12th, 1975 and is the Politician. At the age of 48, Jared Polis biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

  Report
Date of Birth
May 12, 1975
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Age
48 years old
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
Networth
$400 Million
Profession
Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Politician
Social Media
Jared Polis Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 48 years old, Jared Polis physical status not available right now. We will update Jared Polis's height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, and measurements.

Height
Not Available
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Not Available
Eye Color
Not Available
Build
Not Available
Measurements
Not Available
Jared Polis Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Princeton University (BA)
Jared Polis Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Marlon Reis ​(m. 2021)​
Children
2
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Not Available
Siblings
Susan Polis (mother)
Jared Polis Life

Jared Schutz Polis (born May 12, 1975) is an American politician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who serves as Colorado's 43rd governor since January 2019.

From 2001 to 2007, he served on the Colorado State Board of Education, and he was the United States Representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district from 2009 to 2019.

In 2018, he was elected governor of Colorado, defeating Republican nominee Walker Stapleton. Polis is the first openly gay person and second openly LGBT person to be elected governor in the United States (after Kate Brown of Oregon).

He is also the first Jewish person to be elected governor of Colorado.

Early life and education

Polis is the son of Stephen Schutz and Susan Polis Schutz, the creators of greeting card and book publisher Blue Mountain Arts. In 1975, he was born at Boulder Community Hospital in Boulder, Colorado. He attended San Diego, California, as a high school student, graduating from La Jolla Country Day School in three years with multiple awards. He earned a B.A. degree from Princeton University. "Paradigm Shift: Politics in the Information Age" was published in 1996, under the direction of Carol M. Swain. Polis spent time at Princeton as the communications director of the undergraduate student government and was active in other campus organizations, including Model Congress and the Princeton Juggling Club. He legally changed his surname to his mother's in order to raise money for a cause and because he simply "liked it better."

Personal life

Polis was one of the few people openly gay in the House of Representatives and the first openly gay parent in Congress. He is also the country's second openly gay parent to hold state-level government office. Polis and his partner, Marlon Reis, have a son and a daughter, who were born in 2011 and 2014, respectively. Polis is Jewish.

Queerty named Polis as one of the Pride50 "trailblazing individuals who continuously ensure that society continues to move toward equality, recognition, and respect for all queer people" in June 2019.

Polis particularly likes League of Legends video games. Maokai and Anivia are two of his favorite opponents. He is also a huge fan of the Colorado Rockies and Denver Broncos.

Polis gave Representative Ilhan Omar's primary opponent in her 2020 reelection bid $1000 in July.

Polis married Marlon Reis, his long-serving spouse, in a small Jewish wedding at a synagogue in Boulder in September 2021.

Source

Jared Polis Career

Business career

When still in college, Polis co-founded American Information Systems (AIS), Inc. In 1998, AIS became an internet access provider, and it was sold. In 1996, he co-founded bluemountain.com, a free electronic greeting card website that was sold to Excite@Home for $430 million in stock and $350 million in cash.

Polis founded ProFlowers, an online florist, in La Jolla, California, in February 1998. Arthur Laffer, a neologist, started advising Polis and ProFlowers as a Director in December of that year. ProFlowers, Inc., a company that later became Provide Commerce, Inc., went public on NASDAQ on December 17, 2003, as PRVD. Provide Commerce was purchased by media conglomerate Liberty Media Corporation for $477 million in 2005.

In Boulder, Colorado, Polis and other investors founded TechStars in 2006.

Polis was one of Congress' most influential members during his time as a legislator; his net worth was estimated at more than $300 million.

Philanthropic career

Polis is the founder of the Jared Polis Foundation. The Foundation gives annual Teacher Recognition Awards and donations computers to schools and non-profit organizations. Polis has also established one charter school (the New America School) and co-founded another (the Academy of Urban Learning).

Polis has been named recipient of the 2007 Boulder Daily Camera's Best in Education and the Kauffman Foundation Community Award.

Early political career

Polis has been dubbed one of the "Gang of Four" by four wealthy Coloradans who made a concerted effort to help Democrats in statewide legislative elections. Pat Stryker, Rutt Bridges, and Tim Gill are among the other members of the group. The Gang of Four's fame has been cited as a factor in Colorado's transition from the Democratic Party in the 2000s and 2010s.

Polis was elected at large by the Colorado State Board of Education in 2000 and served in office for a single six-year term until January 2007, when the department was withdrawn. He came out of a 90-vote majority in Colorado, defeating incumbent Ben Alexander by 90 votes out of a 1.6 million cast. Polis served as both chairman and vice chairman of the board during his tenure.

Polis served as co-chair of Coloradans for Clean Government, a campaign that endorsed Amendment 41, a citizen-initiated ballot measure to prohibit gifts from registered lobbyists to government officials, and establish a two-year cooling period before state senators and state legislators can begin lobbying and establish an independent ethics commission. The "Ethics in Government" constitutional amendment was approved by 63% of Colorado voters in November 2006.

Polis co-chaired the Boulder Valley School District's "Building for Our Future" campaign in 2007, which raised bond issue 3A in the district's history and the first school bond issue in Colorado this year. The Boulder Valley School District voters approved the bill in November 2006.

Polis intend to sponsor two ballot initiatives to limit fracking in Colorado by prohibiting drilling near schools and homes and encouraging communities to create their own laws. After he reached an agreement with Governor John Hickenlooper to deploy a task force, the steps were suspended. The absence of the services was seen as a relief to struggling Democrats who would have to take up conflictive positions on the subject.

Source

Is Colorado set to become America's third 'suicide tourism' state?New bill allows people from anywhere in US to travel for assisted dying

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 29, 2024
The new law would encourage terminally ill individuals from out-of-state to fly to Colorado to end their lives, in accordance with similar legislation in Oregon and Vermont. It will also allow these people to die within 48 hours of request, rather than the 15 days that are now required.

WHERE-wolf! After local ranchers' scathing criticism of a lack of transparency, a new map reveals exactly where pack of endangered gray wolves have been roaming since they were released in Colorado last month

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 25, 2024
Since being released into the wild in Colorado last month, a new map has shown where a pack of endangered wolves have ventured to. In December, ten grey wolves were unleashed in a remote forest in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. The ten hunters, as well as two that were previously released, covered a 4,500 square miles throughout Colorado since Governor Jared Polis unleashed the beasts from a collection of crates one month ago. The vast territory of Kremmling, Colorado, included Jackson, Routt, Eagle, Summit, and Grand counties, which is where they began.

Only cop found guilty of murdering Elijah McClain was sentenced to 14 months in jail. As he died, a 'Gentle' black masseuse, 23, was walking home from a store when he was arrested and screamed 'I'm just different.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 6, 2024
Randy Roedema, the only Colorado cop found guilty of murdering Elijah McClain, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison. In August 2019, Elijah McClain, 23, was arrested by police after walking home from a convenience store in Aurora. By Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics, McClain, a massage therapist who offered to play violin to help animals in a local shelter, was put in a neck lock by police officer Randy Roedema and given an overdose of ketamine.
Jared Polis Tweets