KARL ROVE

Grew up in Colorado and Nevada

His parents divorced and he had to pay to put himself through college

He attended University of Utah, the University of Maryland-College Park, George Mason University, and the University of Texas at Austin.

Became the President of the College Republicans at age 22

Rove is well known today as a political analyst

Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush

Author of New York Times bestseller, Courage and Consequence: My life as a Conservative in the Fight

Rove has also written for The Daily Beast, Financial Times, Forbes, FoxNews.com, HumanEvents.com, Newsweek, The Times, Washington Post, and The Weekly Standard.

Currently writes weekly for The Wall Street Journal

Karl Rove didn’t have such a great childhood

His father left not long after he was born, his mother’s second husband adopted him

Mother and stepfather later divorced after his mother came out as a homosexual

Rove’s mother committed suicide in 1981

•Currently the only book that Rove has published is Courage and Consequence

•He continues to publish regularly for many news outlets and newspapers

Karl Rove has both a Twitter and a Facebook

He uses both of these social media outlets regularly to voice his opinion on politics

He also has a blog on FoxNews.com

Rove has worked on numerous, successful campaigns, just to name a few, Senator Phil Graham, Gov. Rick Perry, Senator John Cornyn, Senator John Ashcroft, and President George W. Bush

He currently owns his own political consulting company, Rove & Company

He currently works as a political analyst for numerous outlets

Karl Rove has worked his way up from the bottom

He didn’t start out having any political connections through family members, etc.

He overcame a very adverse childhood and went on to become successful

Rove says he got his start in politics when a high school teacher convinced him to run for student Senate

He won the student election and it became the foundation for his career

Rove uses social media frequently to promote his book and his political articles

His website is updated regularly with his newest article

He uses social media not only to promote his work but to connect with his fans and to help educate the American people on things involving the political process

He continues to be actively involved in the political process and often helps non-profit and non-partisan groups

Links to Rove’s Work

http://www.foxnews.com/archive/author/karl-rove/index.html

http://topics.wsj.com/person/R/karl-rove/5686

http://www.rove.com/