Granger Whitelaw
Granger Whitelaw maintains a long history of excelling at creative business ventures. Today a successful entrepreneur, Whitelaw serves as an advisor and/or corporate executive at several startup and established companies.
Spending most of his childhood years in St. Louis, Missouri, Granger Whitelaw joined the United States military after high school. Upon completing Army basic training, he was stationed in South Korea and quickly caught the attention of his superior officers, who promoted him to the United Nations Command Honor Guard. Upon completing his tour of duty, Whitelaw returned stateside to enroll in the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, studying international trade and marketing. After three years, Granger Whitelaw launched the first of many of his ventures, a New York City-based fine art dealership called Angers – Whitelaw & Co.
By the mid 1990s, Granger Whitelaw had cultivated a talent for establishing profitable enterprises. He used his abilities in marketing, sales, and business development to launch Whitelaw Racing, Inc., through which he backed IndyCar racing teams like Indianapolis 500 champions Eddie Cheever and Buddy Lazier. Whitelaw Racing, Inc., also served as a sponsor of the AMBER Alert system during the child abduction prevention program’s developmental phase.
Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, Granger Whitelaw helped establish a revolutionary racing circuit known as the Rocket Racing League. Working in cooperation with Dr. Peter Diamandis, Whitelaw invested in proprietary rocket-propelled aircraft vehicles with which racers would pilot against each other on aerial racecourses. Expected to hold its first competitions in 2011, the Rocket Racing League could represent a new era in machine-powered spectator sports. Granger Whitelaw currently serves as an advisor to the startup firm Social Media 123-4.
When not busy with his professional endeavors, family man Granger Whitelaw spends time with his wife and four children at their home on the New Jersey shore. An outdoor sports fan, Whitelaw also enjoys boating and sailing, playing golf and soccer, and skiing.
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