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Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross (born May 10, 1940) is an American real estate developer, philanthropist and sports team owner. Ross is the chairman and majority owner of The Related Companies, a global real estate development firm he founded in 1972. Related is best known for developing the Time Warner Center, where Ross lives and works, as well as the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project. According to ''Forbes'' magazine, Ross had a net worth of $4.8 billion.〔Kellie Woodhouse, (Stephen M. Ross gives University of Michigan record $200M ) (September 4, 2013), AnnArbor.com.〕 Ross is also the principal owner of the Miami Dolphins and Sun Life Stadium.〔(Stephen Ross Buys Ownership of the Miami Dolphins ) SI.com, January 20, 2009〕
Ross is a major benefactor of his alma mater, the University of Michigan; with lifetime contributions of $313 million to the university, he is the largest donor in university history.〔〔David Jesse, (U-M receives record-setting $200-million donation from Stephen Ross ), ''Detroit Free Press'' (September 4, 2013).〕 According to the ''Chronicle of Philanthropy'', Ross's higher education gifts rank behind only billionaire New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose recent $350 million contribution〔 to Johns Hopkins University increased his lifetime total to $1.1 billion.〔($1.1 Billion in Thanks From Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins ). Retrieved on 2013-11-12.〕 The University of Michigan renamed its business school, the Ross School of Business, in Ross's honor in 2004, after Ross made a $100 million gift to fund a new business-school building.〔(Why Change the Name of the School? | Stephen M. Ross – University of Michigan Business School ). Retrieved on 2012-03-22.〕〔(About the Gift | Stephen M. Ross – University of Michigan Business School ). Bus.umich.edu. Retrieved on 2012-03-22.〕 In September 2013, Ross donated $200 million to the University ($100 million to the Business School and $100 million to Michigan athletics), the largest single gift in the history of the university; the University of Michigan announced plans to rename the university's athletics campus in his honor.〔 Ross also gave $5 million to the athletic department's academic center and $1 million to endow a professorship in real estate at the Ross School of Business.〔
==Early life and education==
Ross was raised in a Jewish family〔("Stephen M. Ross" BY ALIZA DAVIDOVIT ) retrieved October 25, 2012〕〔(The Jewish Daily Forward: "Romney PAC Attracts New Jewish Donors: Hedge Fund Managers and Developers Top List of Supporters" by Josh Nathan-Kazis ) March 12, 2012〕〔(The New York Jewish Week: "Billionaires Busy Praying?" by Gary Rosenblatt ) August 23, 2008〕 in Detroit, where he went to Mumford High School, and later graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School. He attended the University of Florida and then transferred to the University of Michigan Business School, where he earned his bachelor's degree in accounting in 1962. He later received a Juris Doctor from the Wayne State School of Law in 1965 and an LL.M. degree in Taxation from the New York University School of Law in 1966.〔(Ross becomes owner of the Dolphins ). Sports.espn.go.com (2009-01-21). Retrieved on 2012-03-22.〕 These later degrees were financed by a loan from his uncle, the businessman Max Fisher,〔 who Ross has called, "the most important role model and inspiration for me in life".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://michiganross.umich.edu/news/ross%E2%80%99-connections-michigan )〕
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