Jean Case: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|American businesswoman|bot=PearBOT 5(born 1959)}}

Case was born in [[Bloomington, Illinois]] and raised in [[Normal, Illinois]] before moving to [[Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=B-N Native Jean Case: Social Investing Can Become 'Capitalism 2.0'|url=https://www.wglt.org/show/wglts-sound-ideas/2019-04-17/b-n-native-jean-case-social-investing-can-become-capitalism-2-0|access-date=2021-08-16|website=WGLT|language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://casefoundation.org/blog/inspiration-norma-norton-1929-2009/]. "The Cases ... in their home states of Hawaii and Florida"</ref> She attended high school at the [[Westminster Academy (Florida)|Westminster Academy]] in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]], graduating in 1978.<ref>{{cite news|author=O'Connor, Lona|author2=Hirschman, Bill|date=2000-10-17|title=Gift Of Learning: School Gets $8 Million|publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-10-17/news/0010170271_1_powerup-westminster-high-school-steve-case|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328041045/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-10-17/news/0010170271_1_powerup-westminster-high-school-steve-case|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 28, 2018|access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref>

In February 2016, Case was elected chair of the [[National Geographic Society]]'s board of trustees,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/11/jean-case-chairman-national-geographic-society-board/|title=Jean Case Elected Chairman of National Geographic Society Board of Trustees|website=nationalgeographic.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708140501/http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/11/jean-case-chairman-national-geographic-society-board/|archive-date=2017-07-08}}</ref> the first woman to hold the position, and also serves on the boards of Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure, the [[White House Historical Association]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurencoleman/2017/03/14/hold-onto-your-seatbelts-jean-case-has-her-eye-on-disrupting-tech-investment-patterns|title=Hold Onto Your Seatbelts, Jean Case Has Her Eye On Disrupting Tech Investment Patterns|last=Coleman|first=Lauren deLisa|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-10-31}}</ref> and [[BrainScopethe Company,Smithsonian IncAmerican Women's History Museum.]],<ref>{{cite asweb|url=https://womenshistory.si.edu/about/leadership well|title=Smithsonian asAmerican theWomen's History Museum Leadership}}</ref> Past board and advisory councilscouncil leadership positions ofinclude the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and the Civil Society,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pacscenter.stanford.edu/overview/board|title=Advisory Board {{!}} Philanthropy and Civil Society|access-date=2015-03-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306055648/http://pacscenter.stanford.edu/overview/board|archive-date=2015-03-06}}</ref> Georgetown University's Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://impact.georgetown.edu/about-us/advisory-board/|title = The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation}}</ref> and the Brain Trust Accelerator Fund. Pastas boardwell and advisory council leadership includesas the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative, the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, and [[Malaria No More]].

Case has been profiled for her [[impact investment]]s by ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Paul|date=2018-03-16|title=How to Invest With a Conscience (and Still Make Money) (Published 2018)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/your-money/impact-investing.html|access-date=2020-11-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Financial Times]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murray|first=Sarah|date=2019-10-17|title=Rich millennials push to put family wealth into impact investments|url=https://www.ft.com/content/972adac6-d928-11e9-9c26-419d783e10e8|access-date=2020-11-18|website=www.ft.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> and ''[[Bloomberg News]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-02-06|title=Jean Case on Swimming With Sharks, Investing and Impact-Washing|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-06/jean-case-on-swimming-with-sharks-investing-and-impact-washing|access-date=2020-11-18}}</ref> Jean and Steve Case have personally invested in and leveraged new online platforms for social good, such as [[Network for Good]],<ref>{{cite web|title=1 Billion Reasons to Celebrate with Network for Good|date=18 February 2014|url=http://casefoundation.org/blog/1-billion-reasons-celebrate-network-good|access-date=2014-05-02|publisher=Case Foundation}}</ref> [[Causes (company)|Causes]], and [[MissionFish]]. In 2011, she opened Early Mountain Vineyards, a 300-acre property in [[Madison, Virginia]], whose wines have won awards from ''[[Wine Enthusiast]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blog Post: Wine Enthusiast Nominates Early Mountain- American Winery of the Year, 2018|url=https://www.earlymountain.com/blog/wine-enthusiast-nominates-early-mountain-american-winery-of-the-year-2018|access-date=2020-11-18|website=www.earlymountain.com}}</ref> and ''[[USA Today]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Best Tasting Room Winners (2016) {{!}} USA TODAY 10Best|url=https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-tasting-room/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=10Best|date=21 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> In 2018, [[The Washington Post|''Washington Post'']] wine columnist Dave McIntyre wrote "Early Mountain is a Virginia winery riding a rocket."<ref>{{Cite news|last=McIntyre|first=Dave|title=There are more good rosés than ever, including a Virginia stunner|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/there-are-more-good-roses-than-ever-including-a-virginia-stunner/2018/05/17/0880cbda-593d-11e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html|access-date=2020-11-18|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

While Case was working at AOL, she divorced her first husband and started a relationship with Steve Case.<ref name="first marriage">{{cite news |title=Star Gazing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/684241376/?terms=%22Jean%20Villanueva%22%20and%20Steve%20Case&match=1 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |newspaper=The Kansas City Star |date=March 6, 1996 |page=64}}</ref> She and Steve married in 1998 in a ceremony officiated by the Rev. [[Billy Graham]].<ref>{{cite news|date=1998-07-09|title=Digits: "You've got married"|publisher=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB899933350501468000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708112332/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB899933350501468000|archive-date=2015-07-08|quote=Steve Case ... has tied the knot with companion Jean Villanueva ... the top public-relations official at AOL until she left the company in 1996. Officiating at the small ceremony was the Rev. Billy Graham.}} [https://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=Digits%3A+Steve+Case+Jean+Villanueva+married&btnG=Search+Archives Alt URL]</ref> They previously resided in [[McLean, Virginia]], in a mansion that was the childhood home of [[Jacqueline Bouvier]], which they sold in 2018.<ref name="Washingtonian2007">{{cite news|author=Eisler, Kim|date=2007-02-01|title=Second Coming|publisher=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|The Washingtonian]]|url=http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/3250.html}}</ref>