• In 1965, Romney graduated with honors from the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan.
 
• He then joined Brigham Young University where he graduated in 1971 as valedictorian,
earning his Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in English.
 
• His next stop was Stanford University where he studied for two quarters and later served
for thirty months in France as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 
• In 1975, Romney graduated from a prestigious joint Juris Doctor / Master of Business
Administration program coordinated between Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.
 
• Romney graduated cum laude from the Harvard Law School and was named a Baker Scholar for
graduating in the top five percent of his business school class.
 
• After completing his joint degree in law and business at Harvard University, Romney
remained in Massachusetts and began his career as a businessman in Boston Consulting Group.
 
• Like his father, Romney is credited with saving the management consulting company, Bain &
Company from a financial collapse. He took over as chief executive officer in 1990 and restructured
the firm's employee stock-ownership plan, real-estate deals and bank loans, while increasing fiscal
transparency.
 
• In 1998, Romney left Bain Capital to serve as the President and CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake
City Olympic Games Organizing Committee.
 
• Romney later moved to Utah and worked his magic on the 2002 Winter Olympics, positioning
himself to run for the position of Governor of Massachusetts as a results-oriented pragmatist.

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