Rupert Johnson Jr.

Rupert Harris Johnson Jr. (born 1941) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the vice chairman of Franklin Resources, a global investment management firm also called Franklin Templeton Investments.<ref name="business">BusinessWeek biographyTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref name="Rupert Johnson, Jr">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early life

Rupert Johnson was born in 1941, the son of Rupert Harris Johnson (1900–1989) and Amybelle Siler. His brother, Charles, is the chairman at Franklin Resources.<ref name="Forbes profile">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Johnson graduated from Washington and Lee University, then served as a Marine.<ref name="Forbes profile"/><ref name="uri">United Religions Initiative</ref>

Career

In 1965, he joined his father at Franklin Resources, where he is vice chairman and director.<ref name="Forbes profile"/><ref name="business"/><ref name="Rupert Johnson, Jr"/>

As of January 2020, Johnson is worth US$3.8 billion.<ref name="Forbes profile"/>

Philanthropy

Johnson sits on the board of trustees at Santa Clara University<ref name="business"/><ref name="uri"/><ref>Santa Clara University Board of Trustees</ref> and was on the board of trustees at Washington and Lee University (1993–2002).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He gave $100 million to Washington and Lee in June 2007, establishing a merit-based financial aid and curriculum enrichment program.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>

Johnson has made donations to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and the Delaware Art Museum.<ref name="uri"/> He sits on the President's Council of the United Religions Initiative.<ref name="uri"/>

Personal life

Johnson is married to Maryellie and lives in Burlingame, California.<ref name="Forbes profile"/>