Darla Dee Moore (b. August 1, 1954, Lake City, South Carolina) is the partner of the private investment firm, Rainwater, Inc and is married to the self-made Texan billionaire Richard Rainwater who founded the firm. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Lake City is a city in Florence County, South Carolina, United States. A billionaire is a person who has a Net worth of at least one billion units of currency such as United States dollars ( USD /US$ U Richard E Rainwater (born 1943 is an American investor and billionaire fund manager
She is a pioneering woman in the banking industry and a benefactor to many institutions in her home state of South Carolina. South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America.
Biography
Moore was born to Eugene and Loraine Moore in Lake City, South Carolina. Lake City is a city in Florence County, South Carolina, United States. She graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1975 with a BA in Political Science. This article is about the University of South Carolina in Columbia Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems After school, she worked for a political research firm in Washington, DC. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
In 1981, Moore received a MBA from George Washington University and joined other MBAs at the Chemical Bank’s training program. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The Master of Business Administration ( MBA) is a Master's degree in Business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines The George Washington University ( GW or GWU) is a private coeducational university located in Washington D The Chemical Banking Corporation was the Bank holding company for Chemical Bank in New York City from 1823 until 1996 During the 1980s, Moore made a name for herself by taking over companies in bankruptcy and making them profitable. By the early 1990s, she was the highest paid woman in banking.
In 1991, Moore married Richard Rainwater. Richard E Rainwater (born 1943 is an American investor and billionaire fund manager She was named president of Rainwater, Inc in 1993, aged 39. Fortune Magazine named Moore one of the 50 Most Powerful Women In Business in 1998 and 1999.
Moore and her husband spend most of their time in Lake City in a house built on a plantation that has been in the Moore family for six generations. The couple also own homes in New York City, Folsom, California and Charleston, South Carolina. The City of New York Folsom is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States. Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina.
Philanthropy
Moore has given many gifts to institutions that benefit the public. Some of her gifts include:
- 1998 - $25 million to the business school at the University of South Carolina which renamed it the Moore School of Business. This article is about the University of South Carolina in Columbia The Moore School of Business is the business school of University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, United States.
- 2002 – Founded the Palmetto Institute, an independent non-profit organization focused on increasing the wealth of every person in South Carolina;
- 2003 - $10 million to the School of Education at Clemson University – the university has renamed the school the Eugene T. Moore School of Education in honor of her father, a former teacher, coach, and principal in Lake City;
- 2005 – an additional $45 million to the Moore School of Business.
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