Biography
Roski was born in Oklahoma and raised in Southern California. He is a graduate of Loyola High School and the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, where in 1962 he earned a BS degree with emphasis on finance and real estate. He is also a Vietnam veteran and a United States Marine and served as an officer of the Marines from 1962 to 1966. While attending the University of Southern California he was a member of the Gamma Tau Chapter of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. In 1994, Roski was awarded the Oxford Cup, the highest honor a brother of Beta Theta Pi can receive.
Roski is a member of the USC Board of Trustees; he was elected vice-chairman of the board in 2007, and succeeded Stanley Gold as chairman in 2008. The USC Roski School of Fine Arts was renamed after Roski's wife, Gayle, following a $23 million donation to the school in 2006.
Roski was rated #524 on Forbes' 2008 list of wealthiest people and rated #163 on The Forbes's 400 Richest Americans. Forbes estimated that his net worth was approximately $2.5 billion.
Roski is behind an attempt to build a stadium in Industry, California to attract a NFL team. Roski is also cited in local newspapers as the owner of the Silverton Casino Lodge in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, and in 2001 made a substantial offer to buy the former Las Vegas Hilton.
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