Betsy DeVos

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Betsy DeVos is an American businesswoman and conservative political donor who served as the 11th United States Secretary of Education from 2017 to 2021.

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Label Occurrences
Betsy DeVos canonical 17
Cheri DeVos 1
DeVos 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
political donor ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
appointedBy Donald Trump ⓘ
birthDate 1958-01-08 ⓘ
birthPlace Holland, Michigan, United States ⓘ
linked to: Holland, Michigan
boardMemberOf Alliance for School Choice ⓘ
American Enterprise Institute ⓘ
Foundation for Excellence in Education ⓘ
chairpersonOf Michigan Republican Party ⓘ
Windquest Group ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Calvin College ⓘ
linked to: Calvin University
endTime 2021-01-08 ⓘ
endTime (chairperson of Michigan Republican Party) 2000 ⓘ
familyName DeVos ⓘ
linked to: DeVos family
fatherInLaw Richard DeVos ⓘ
fieldOfStudy business economics ⓘ
fullName Elisabeth Dee DeVos ⓘ
linked to: Betsy DeVos
gender female ⓘ
givenName Elisabeth ⓘ
knownFor conservative political donations ⓘ
education reform activism ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
nickname Betsy ⓘ
notableWork advocacy for school vouchers ⓘ
support for charter schools ⓘ
occupation businesswoman ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
partyAffiliation Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
philanthropicOrganizationSupported American Federation for Children ⓘ
politicalIdeology conservatism ⓘ
positionHeld 11th United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
positionPrecededBy John King Jr. ⓘ
positionSucceededBy Miguel Cardona ⓘ
relative Edgar Prince ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousDenomination Christian Reformed Church in North America ⓘ
residence Michigan, United States ⓘ
linked to: Michigan
sibling Erik Prince ⓘ
spouse Dick DeVos ⓘ
linked to: Doug DeVos
startTime 2017-02-07 ⓘ
startTime (chairperson of Michigan Republican Party) 1996 ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dan DeVos → hasRelative → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
DeVos family → member → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
DeVos family → member → Cheri DeVos ⓘ
linked to: Betsy DeVos
Trump administration → cabinetMember → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
Doug DeVos → relative → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
Betsy DeVos → fullName → Elisabeth Dee DeVos ⓘ
linked to: Betsy DeVos
Richard DeVos → hasRelative → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
DeVos Foundation → hasNotableFunder → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
Helen DeVos → familyName → DeVos ⓘ
linked to: Betsy DeVos
Erik Prince → sibling → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
Edgar Prince → child → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
Edgar Prince → parentOf → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
Edgar Prince → notableRelative → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
Edgar Prince → hasChildWhoIs → United States Secretary of Education (Betsy DeVos) ⓘ
linked to: Betsy DeVos
Windquest Group → foundedBy → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
Windquest Group → hasFounder → Betsy DeVos ⓘ
Windquest Group → hasKeyPerson → Betsy DeVos ⓘ