Biography
Richard Weening was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Richard W. Weening a Friesian immigrant dairy farmer and Alice Louise Young, from Mattoon, Illinois, whose family came to America in 1620 on the Mayflower. He graduated from Thomas Aquinas High School in 1963, where he was President of the Student Body. He obtained a BA degree from St. John’s University. He was an aide to a U.S. Congressman, Chief of Staff to a Governor of Wisconsin and later the founder of several privately held and public technology and media companies. Weening was married in 1968 to Elizabeth Halmbacher, They divorced in 1972. He and Elizabeth had two daughters, Max Airborne and Mia Lynn Weening, who reside in San Francisco, CA. In 1981, Weening married Deborah Ann Gardner and they divorced in 1985. In 1990 Weening married Robin Lorraine Woodard. They divorced in 2008. Weening is currently CEO of QUAESTUS & Co., Inc., a private equity fund management company and Chairman and CEO of Prolitec Inc., an indoor air quality and environmental services technology company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Weening resides in Seattle, Washington and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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