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 Richard
V. Tolbert
is
a Senior Vice President
at UBS PaineWebber
and a member of
the Advisory Board
of the Mano River
Resource, Inc (MRRI).
Richard
Tolbert is the nephew
of the late president
William R. Tolbert,
18th president of
Liberia. Richard
was born in Bentol,
Liberia and educated
in Africa, Europe
and America.
He attended elementary
school in Liberia,
secondary school
in England and received
his university education
in the United States.
He
earned a BA (cum
laude) in Economics
from Harvard in
1968 and a law degree
(Juris Doctor) from
Columbia University
in 1975, specializing
in corporate and
international law.
From
1975 to 1980, he
helped to run the
Tolbert family business
in Liberia, the
Mesurado Group of
Companies. Employing
over 5,000 people
in 15 diversified
companies, the Mesurado
Group of Companies
was the largest
Liberian-owned enterprise
in the history of
the country.
Following
the disruption of
business activities
in Liberia in 1980,
Richard Tolbert
left for Wall Street
where he has worked
successfully for
the past 20 years.
From 1980-1998,
he was a Vice
President with Merrill
Lynch. Currently,
he is a Senior
Vice President of
PaineWebber Inc.,
one of America's
largest investment
houses and is responsible
for developing international
business, especially
in Africa.
He
is a member of the
Corporate Council
on Africa, based
in Washington and
African Business
Roundtable, based
in Johannesburg.
Richard
is a founding
shareholder and
member of the Board
of Directors of
Allafrica.com
which is the premier
website for news
and analysis on
Africa with over
8 million "hits"
a month.
He
is also the founder
of The Clara Tay
Orphan Foundation
on the Liberian
Refugee Camp at
Buduburam, Ghana
where for the past
3 years he
has paid for the
schooling and feeding
of up to 150 orphaned
Liberian Refugee
Children.
For Richard, this
is one of the highlights
of life life.
He admits that it
has a been struggle
to keep the programme
going lately with
the worldwide recession,
but is actively
solicit funds to
help some of the
most needed.
If anyone is interested
in assisting in
this worthwhile cause
or getting more
info on it, can
contact the organization
via email at angelistra@aol.com.
The Clara Tay Orphan
Foundation motto
is "The
person who saves
a single life ,it
is as though they
saved all of mankind."
Great
job and congratulations
Richard on your
business career
and humanitarian
efforts. Wow!
VP of Merrill Lynch
and a Senior VP
of USB PaineWebber.
Now that's impressive!
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