Usuku lokuzalwa: NgoJanuwari 8 , Ngo-1958

Ubudala: Iminyaka engama-63,Amabhinqa ama-63 eminyaka ubudala

Umqondiso welanga: Capricorn

Kwaziwa njenge:Elizabeth Dee DeVos

Ilizwe lokuzalwa: eunited States

Uzalwe e:IHolland, eMichigan, eUnited States

Idume njenge:Unobhala Wezemfundo wase-United States

Abafazi boShishino Iinkokeli zezopolitiko

Ukuphakama: 5'7 '(170i-CM),5'7 'Abafazi

Iqabane / Ex-:UDick DeVos (m. 1979)

utata:Inkosana uEdgar

umama:U-Elsa Zwiep

abantakwenu:UErik Prince

abantwana:UAndrea DeVos, uElizabeth DeVos, uRichard DeVos III, uRyan DeVos

U.S. Urhulumente: EMichigan

Imfundo:IYunivesithi yaseCalvin (1979), iHolland Christian High School (1975)

Kuyacetyiswa Wena

Ngubani uBetsy DeVos?

UBetsy DeVos ngusomashishini waseMelika, ezopolitiko, itshantliziyo, kunye nesisa sobubele. Kwi-2017, waba ngu-11th Nobhala Wezemfundo wase-US. I-BA uphumelele kwiKholeji yaseCalvin, eMichigan, eDeVos uhlala esebenza kwezopolitiko ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu. Esakhulayo njengeyona ngxowa mali iphambili yeRiphabhlikhi evela eMichigan, iDeVos ikwangummeli othethelela uguquko kwezemfundo kunye 'neivawutsha zesikolo.' Uye wayixhasa inkqubo yesikolo yetshata yaseDetroit kwaye uhlala engummeli wezikolo zemvumelwano, iinkqubo zevawutsha zesikolo, kunye nokukhethwa kwesikolo. Usebenze kwizikhundla ezibalulekileyo, kubandakanya neRepublican National Committeewoman eMichigan, usihlalo we-'Republican Party Party '(amatyeli amabini), intloko ye' All Children Matter PAC, 'kunye nosihlalo webhodi ye' Alliance for School Choice 'kunye ne' Acton Iziko loFundo lweNkolo kunye noKhuseleko 'ulilungu lebhodi' yeSiseko sokuGqwesa kwezeMfundo. 'Emva kokuba uMongameli uDonald Trump ethathe igama lakhe njengonyulwa kwisikhundla sikaNobhala wezeMfundo kwikhabhinethi yakhe, wafumana i-50-50 bavote kwi-senate phakathi kwenkcaso enamandla. Iqhina laqhawulwa livoti likaSekela Mongameli uMike Pence endaweni yakhe, ngaloo ndlela kuphawulwa isiqinisekiso somtyunjwa weKhabinethi ngevoti kaMongameli kaMongameli yokuvota okokuqala kwimbali yase-US. Uvela kwimvelaphi yosapho olucebileyo kwaye utshatile noDick DeVos, ovela kwenye yeentsapho ezizityebi eMelika.

Uhambo lwakhe kunye ne 'Michigan Republican Party' yaqala ngo-1982. Ukusukela ngo-1986, uye wanyulwa kwaye wakhonza iqela njengommeli wengingqi wengingqi kwisithuba seminyaka emibini yonke, amaxesha ali-16 elandelelana.

Usomashishini ngokwakhe, u-DeVos waseka inkampani yabucala elawula utyalo mali 'Windquest Group' kunye nomyeni wakhe uDick DeVos kwi 1989. Ifemu inezinto zobuchwephesha, amandla acocekileyo, kunye necandelo lokuvelisa phakathi kwamanye.

Ngo-1989, kwasekwa i-'Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation '. Kule minyaka idlulileyo, isiseko sinikele ngezigidi zeedola kwimibutho yezobugcisa, izibhedlele, imibutho yoluntu, umsebenzi wevangeli, izikolo zamaKristu, izikolo zemvumelwano, kunye nezikolo zikarhulumente phakathi kwabanye.

Ngo-1992, waba lilungu leRiphabhlikhi yeSizwe eMyanmar kwaye wabamba isikhundla kwade kwango-1997. Ngeli xesha ngo-1996, wanyulwa njengosihlalo we-'Richard Republican Party. ' ngo-2003.

Umkhankaso wokunyulwa kwakhona kuka-Bush ngo-2004 wambona enyusa imali efikelela ngaphezulu kwe-150,000 yeedola.

Ngo-Okthobha u-2008, umsitho wokunyusa ingxowa mali weRiphabhlikhi wabanjwa nguye kwindawo yakhe yokuhlala. Umsitho wawusemxholweni nguMongameli welo xesha wase-US u-George W. Bush.

Ngo-2008, yena nomyeni wakhe baseta i-'Dick & Betsy DeVos Scholarship 'ukunceda abafundi be-MA, MS, ne-MBA, ngakumbi abo baphuma kumazwe asakhasayo, ukuba baye' kwiThunderbird School of Global Management. '

Usebenze kwi-National Republican Senatorial Committee njengosihlalo wezezimali iminyaka emibini. Ngeli xesha, wasebenza ngokusondeleyo nolawulo lukaBush kwiiprojekthi ezahlukeneyo.

Ngo-2012, uDeVos nomyeni wakhe bavelisa umdlalo weqonga othi ‘Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson.’ Umdlalo lo, owawufumana uphononongo olubi, waqhuba iiveki ezintathu phambi kokuba ukhutshwe eqongeni ngoDisemba waloo nyaka.

Ngexesha le-2016 Republican primaries, uDeVos waxhasa uMarco Rubio. Ukuthetha ngoDonald Trump ngo-Matshi 2016, wathi 'ungumdibanisi' kwaye 'akameli Iqela leRiphabhlikhi.' Okothusayo kukuba, uTrump wamtyumba njengo-Nobhala Wezemfundo kwikhabhinethi yakhe nge-23 kaNovemba.

Isigqibo sikaTrump sathola impendulo edibeneyo evela kumacandelo ahlukeneyo. Ngelixa kwagxekwa yimibutho yootitshala kunye namaqela ahlukeneyo emfundo, abameli bezikolo abazikhetheleyo basamkela isigqibo sakhe.

UStephen Henderson, umhleli we-'Detroit Free Press, 'wabhala' uDeVos akanguye utitshala okanye inkokeli kwezemfundo. ' UMongameli we-American Federation of Teachers ’u-Randi Weingarten uthe 'ngoyena mntu utyunjiweyo kwezemfundo, ngokuchasene noluntu.'

Kwelinye icala, ‘IChicago Tribune,’ I-Republican Senator u-Ben Sasse, kunye nabo babesakuba ngabagqatswa baka-Mongameli u-Carly Fiorina, u-Mitt Romney kunye no-Jeb Bush bakuthandile ukutyunjwa kwakhe.

IKomiti yeeNdlu yeeNgwevu yezeMpilo, ezeMfundo, ezabaSebenzi kunye nePenshini yabamba ukuxoxwa kwetyala lakhe ngoJanuwari 17, 2017, eyajika yaba yingxoxo-mpikiswano enkulu kunye nabaphathiswa beDemokhrasi bemphosela imibuzo.

Yena nomyeni wakhe bangamalungu ebhodi kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba abahamba phambili be-'Neurocore, 'iqela elinikezela ngonyango lokuvavanywa kwe-biofeedback kunyango lweengxaki ezinje ngoxinzelelo, uxinzelelo, i-autism, kunye ne-deficit hyperactivity.

Ngelixa inkqubo yokutyumba yayiqhubeka, umba wento enokubakho yokungqubana komdla yathathwa ngabaseki beDemokhrasi abafuna ukwazi ukuba ngaba uDeVos kunye namanye amalungu osapho lwakhe 'baya kuxhamla ngokwezemali kwizenzo' anokuzithatha njengoNobhala. weMfundo.

UDeVos, kwelinye icala, uxelele abenzi bomthetho ukuba uzakuzikhupha kwiinkampani ezili-102 kwaye ayeke ukuba lilungu lebhodi le-‘Neurocore, ’kodwa aqhubeke nokuba nenxaxheba kweli qela.

Ukutyunjwa kwakhe kwamkelwa yiKomiti yeeNdlu yeeNgwevu yezeMpilo, ezeMfundo, ezabaSebenzi kunye nezoMhlala-phantsi kwivoti yomhla we-12 ukuya ku-11 kuJanuwari 31, 2017. Emva koko yathunyelwa ukuvota kumgangatho weSenate.

Zonke iiseneta zeRiphabhlikhi, ngaphandle kukaLisa Murkowski noSusan Collins, bavotela yena. UMurkowski noCollins kunye neDemokhrasi kunye neesenethi ezizimeleyo bavota ngokuchasene naye, benza i-50-50 tie.

Ngomhla kaFebruwari 7, 2017, iqhina laqhekeka endaweni ye-DeVos ngu-Sekela Mongameli uMike Pence, eqinisekisa iDeVos njengonobhala wezemfundo. Kwangolo suku lunye, wathatha isikhundla sokuba ngu-Nobhala wezeMfundo e-11 e-US, ephumelela ku-John King Jr.

Kutyelelo lwakhe lwaseburhulumenteni lokuqala njengoNobhala wezeMfundo ngoFebruwari 10, 2017, wajongana noqhanqalazo ngaphandle komzantsi-ntshona, eWashington, D.C. kwizikolo zikarhulumente eziphakathi ‘eJefferson Academy’ apho ababhikishi bazama ukumthintela ukuba angene esikolweni.

Wanika intetho yakhe yokuqala eyandisiweyo ngomhla wama-29 kweyoKwindla ngo-2017 kwiziko i-Brookings Institution.

Ngo-Okthobha u-2017, warhoxisa amaxwebhu angama-72 ekhokelo e-‘Ofisi yezeMfundo eneeMfuno eziZodwa kunye neeNkonzo zokuHlaziya ’(OSERS).

Kwindibano eyayingo-Matshi 2018, yena namanye amalungu amathathu ekhabhathi basasaza umbono wokuqalisa ikhomishini yokhuseleko yesikolo ukubonelela ngokhuseleko olunentsingiselo ngakumbi nolungcono kubantwana.

Ngo-Septemba ngo-2018, u-DeVos waphulukana necala lomdibaniso, elathi lafakwa kuye ngoJulayi 2017, nge-19 States nakwiSithili sase-Columbia sokulibazisa ngokungekho mthethweni ukuphunyezwa komgaqo othile.

Ngomhla ka-Meyi 2019, ingxelo ekhutshwe liSebe leMfundo uMhloli-Jikelele yagqiba kwelokuba uDeVos usebenzise iiakhawunti ze-imeyile zeshishini likarhulumente. Ngapha koko, ingxelo ikwabanga ukuba akazigcinanga ii-imeyile ngokufanelekileyo. Waye wahlawuliswa ngokudelela inkundla ngokungathobeli imiyalelo yenkundla.

Iyasebenza kwindawo yakhe, i-DeVos ichonge iibhodi ze-'The Philanthropy Roundtable 'kunye ne' American Federation for Children. '

Ubuye wahlala elilungu lebhodi yeminye imibutho kunye namaziko, kubandakanya i-'DeVos Institute yoLawulo loBugcisa '' kwiDyunivesithi yaseMaryland, '' iSiseko soGqwesileyo kwezeMfundo, '' iAmerican Enterprise Institute, 'kunye ne' ArtPrize. '

Utshatile noRichard Marvin 'Dick' DeVos Jr., owaziwa njengoDick DeVos. Usomashishini, uDick usebenze njenge-CEO ye 'Amway,' inkampani yamanqanaba amaninzi yentengiso eyasekwa nguyise wezigidigidi uRichard DeVos.

Kumashumi eminyaka, usapho lakwaDeVos luye lwahlala luzinikele 'kwiQela leRiphabhlikhi,' lwenza iminikelo emikhulu kwiqela, kwiikomiti ezinxulumene noko, nakwabagqatswa bezopolitiko. Banikele ngaphezulu kwe- $ 17 yezigidi ukusukela ngo-1989.

Ngo-2006, uDick DeVos wabaleka kwirhuluneli yaseMichigan njengomtyunjwa weRiphabhlikhi, kodwa woyiswa nguJennifer Granholm.

Ngexabiso eliqikelelweyo nge-5.4 yezigidigidi, usapho lakwaDeVos lwabekwa kwindawo ye-88th kuluhlu lweForbes lweentsapho ezityebileyo zaseMelika kwi2016.

U-Erik Prince, umntakwabo-Betsy DeVos, owayesebenza njengegosa ‘kwi-United States Navy SEALs,’ waseka inkampani yaseMelika yezomkhosi wabucala i ‘Blackwater’ (ngoku eyaziwa njenge Academi).

UDeVos kunye nomyeni wakhe basikelelwe ngabantwana abane-uRichard Marvin (Rick) III, uRyan, uAndrea no-Elisabeth (Elissa). Banabazukulwana abasibhozo.