John Rakolta
John Rakolta was born in Oakland County, Michigan, United States on June 15th, 1947 and is the American Political Activist. At the age of 76, John Rakolta biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Rakolta's father, John Rakolta Sr. (1923–2003), was the head of Walbridge Aldinger before Rakolta. Rakolta Jr. began his career at Walbridge in 1970, and became president in 1979 and CEO and chairman in 1993.
Rakolta is also on the board of the Munder Funds since 1993.
In 2015, Walbridge and partnered with Brazilian company Construcap in the construction of a new 6-million-square-foot Jeep assembly complex and supplier park in Goiana, Brazil, and were honored by Engineering News-Record with the publication's Global Best Manufacturing Project of the Year Award. In 2015 Rakolta was co-chair of the Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children, which recommended reform for the school system of Detroit, including limiting the number of charter schools in the city. Also in 2015, Walbridge began a multi-year transformation of the General Motors Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. In 2017, Ford Motor Company selected Walbridge to provide construction services for the redevelopment of its Dearborn, Michigan, world headquarters and campus facilities.
Political career
Rakolta was one of the National Finance Chairs for Mitt Romney's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. Along with his work for the Romney campaigns, Rakolta was a major fundraiser for the Bush campaign in 2004. Most recently he was State Finance Chair for Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan. Rakolta served as the chairman of New Detroit from 2003 to 2010.
He was a financial advisor for Trump in Michigan and helped fund Trump's transition team after the election.
In May 2018, Rakolta was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on September 17, 2019, by a vote of 63–30. In March 2020, Rakolta was appointed commissioner general of the U.S. pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. His tenure as an ambassador ended on January 19, 2021.
- Black Family Development, Inc's Dr. Gerald K. Smith Award (2014)
- Engineering Society of Detroit's Horace H. Rackham Humanitarian Award
- Marketing and Sales Executives of Detroit's Executive Leadership Award (2014)
- New Detroit's Leadership in Race Relations Award (2015)
- Urban Land Development Michigan Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)
- Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship (2005)