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Robert McNair (Robert Evander McNair) was born on 14 December, 1923 in Tampa, Florida, U.S., is an American businessman. Discover Robert McNair's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 94 years old?

Popular As Robert Evander McNair
Occupation Businessman
Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 14 December 1923
Birthday 14 December
Birthplace Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Date of death 23 November, 2018
Died Place Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Janice McNair

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Robert McNair Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 $3.8 billion (November 2017)
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1937

Robert C. McNair (January 1, 1937 – November 23, 2018) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and the owner of a National Football League team, the Houston Texans.

McNair grew up in Forest City, North Carolina, a town of about 7,500 in the foothills of western North Carolina.

He graduated from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where he was initiated into the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

1958

He graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science degree.

His wife, Janice, attended nearby Columbia College.

1960

The McNairs were residents of Houston, Texas beginning in 1960.

He spent most of his 20s and 30s as a struggling salesman and unsuccessful entrepreneur whose businesses all failed.

1984

He eventually broke through to success when he founded the cogeneration company Cogen Technologies in 1984, which he sold in 1999 to Enron.

At the time of his death, McNair retained ownership of power plants in New York and West Virginia.

McNair served as chairman and chief executive officer of The McNair Group, a financial and real estate firm that is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and as the owner of Palmetto Partners, Ltd., a private investment company that manages the McNairs' public and private equity investments.

1989

In 1989, he and his wife established the Robert and Janice McNair Educational Foundation.

The goal of the foundation was to remove some of the financial barriers that were preventing Rutherford County High school graduates from attending college.

1990

The first beneficiaries were the class of 1990.

To date, the McNair foundation has awarded approximately $2.6 million in financial aid.

1996

Committed to bringing the NFL back to the city of Houston after the Oilers left the city to become the Tennessee Titans in 1996, McNair formed Houston NFL Holdings in 1998.

1998

In 1998, the McNairs established the McNair Scholar Program at the University of South Carolina.

1999

On October 6, 1999, the NFL announced that the 32nd NFL franchise had been awarded to McNair.

In 1999 Robert McNair received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the university.

2000

In June 2000, McNair formed a biotechnology investment firm, Cogene Biotech Ventures, where he served as company chairman.

He was rumored to be interested in buying a soccer club in the United Kingdom, and twice went to visit St Andrews, home of Championship team, Birmingham City F.C., who were up for sale at the time.

2002

This team would become the Houston Texans, who began play in 2002.

2004

McNair was influential in bringing Super Bowl XXXVIII and Super Bowl LI to Houston's NRG Stadium in 2004 and 2017, respectively.

2007

On September 12, 2007, McNair gave $100 million to Baylor College of Medicine to recruit top scientists and physicians.

He was a recipient of the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty Award.

McNair is a primary backer of Sigma Chi's Horizons leadership institute.

McNair donated over $1 million towards the completion of McNair Field, which hosts his hometown Forest City Owls, a collegiate summer wooden bat team in the Coastal Plain League.

2008

McNair threw out the first pitch in the stadium's opening night (May 29, 2008), and the Owls beat the Gastonia Grizzlies, 4–2.

2009

According to one tally, McNair was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's largest donor from the period from January 1, 2009, to September 30, 2015, contributing $1,502,500.

He also donated to several other Republican Party candidates.

2011

They won their first AFC South title in 2011, en route to four titles in six seasons.

2014

On January 3, 2014, a consortium headed by McNair made a bid to purchase Reading F.C. of the Championship, but were unsuccessful.

2015

The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, established in 2015, provides gifts to create centers for entrepreneurship at universities throughout the United States.

In 2015, he donated $10,000 to a group working to repeal a citywide equal rights ordinance in Houston.

After being criticized, McNair withdrew the donation.

2016

In September 2016 the foundation had established entrepreneurship teaching centers at Columbia College, Northwood University, Houston Baptist University, the University of St. Thomas, and the University of South Carolina, as we well as a research center at Rice University's Baker Institute.

2017

According to Forbes, he had a net worth of $3.8 billion in November 2017.

On October 29, 2017, in a game against the Seattle Seahawks, the majority of the Texans' players kneeled during the national anthem after McNair had commented about having the "inmates running the prison" during a league owner meeting regarding the ongoing protests by NFL players during the anthem.

McNair apologized, stating that he was not referring to the players, but rather to the "relationship between the league office and team owners."

It was the first time a Texans player had knelt during the anthem.

Robert McNair was a member of the Texas Business Hall of Fame and was a current or past member of the boards of trustees of a number of institutions including Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Grand Opera, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Center for the American Idea, and other Houston area organizations.