William P. Foley, II is Chairman of the Board of Directors for
Fidelity National Financial Inc. (NYSE: FNF), and Executive Chairman of the
Board of Directors for Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE:
FIS).
Currently ranked number 366
on Fortune’s list of America’s largest companies, FNF provides title
insurance, specialty insurance, claims management and information services. FNF
also is a leading provider of outsourced claims management services to large
corporate and public sector entities through its minority-owned subsidiary,
Sedgwick CMS. Another FNF minority-owned subsidiary, Ceridian Corporation, is a
leading information services company in the human resource, retail and
transportation industries. In 2004, the company was selected by Forbes
as one of the “26 Best Managed Companies in the U.S.” and has repeatedly been
named to Fortune’s list of America’s Most Admired Companies, Forbes’
list of the World’s Best Companies and selected for Barron’s list of
Best Companies for Investors.
Listed on the S&P 500®
index, FIS is a global provider of core processing for financial institutions;
card issuer and transaction processing; and related information products and
outsourcing. FIS has been named the number one overall financial technology
provider in the world by American Banker and by the research firm
Financial Insight in the FinTech 100 rankings®.
After receiving his B.S.
degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point,
Bill served in the U.S. Air Force, where he attained the rank of Captain. He
received an M.B.A. degree from Seattle University and earned his J.D. degree in
1974 from the University of Washington School of Law. From 1974 to 1984, Bill
practiced law in Phoenix, Arizona, and focused primarily on corporate and real
estate law. Following his legal tenure, Bill became affiliated with FNF.
Through strategic acquisitions, Bill led FNF to become one of the largest title
insurance companies in the nation, as well as to diversify into information
services through the 2003 acquisition of ALLTEL Information Services, now
Lender Processing Services (NYSE: LPS).
Bill devotes time to many
educational and community organizations. He serves as an advisory board member
for the University of Washington School of Law, the Florida Forum Advisory
Board for Wolfson Children’s Hospital Women’s Board. Bill also serves Chapman
University School of Law both as a member of the Dean’s Council and as an
Endowed Chair of the William Foley Chair in Corporate Law & Taxation. In
1997, he was chosen as Orange County, California’s Business Person of The
Year, honored with the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation’s Semper
Fidelis award and inducted into the Florida Council of Economic Education’s
First Coast Business Hall of Fame in 2006.
Bill and his wife, Carol,
are active philanthropists for many causes, especially those in support of
children’s education. Bill serves as a Trustee on the Boards of the
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens.
His additional professional directorships include Winter Sports, Inc. and Remy
International, Inc.
In addition to his numerous
professional and philanthropic commitments, Bill is an accomplished golfer,
ranked in 2004 by Golf Digest as one of the top five executive golfers
in the world. Bill enjoys his time as a vintner and is the founder and managing
partner of Foley Family Wines, headquartered in Sonoma, California. Most
recently, Bill formed and serves as Chairman of Glacier Restaurant Group, LLC,
the largest restaurant business headquartered in Montana. He is also the
developer of Rock Creek Cattle Company, an 80,000-acre working Montana ranch,
featuring a high-end golf community with diverse homesteads, a well-appointed
lodge for recreation and dining, and an exceptional golf course designed by Tom
Doak.
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