Life and Career
Anschutz was born in Russell, Kansas, the son of Marian (née Pfister) and Frederick Benjamin "Fritz" Anschutz. His father was a land investor who invested in ranches in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, and eventually went into the oil-drilling business. Anschutz's grandfather, Karl Anschütz (born November 10, 1859, in the largely German region of Samara), emigrated from Russia and started the Farmers State Bank in Russell, Kansas. Anschutz grew up in Hays, Kansas, with part of the family located in Wisconsin (the location of his father's oil-exploration business, Circle A Drilling, where he lived near Bob Dole). In later years, Anschutz contributed to Dole's political campaigns. He graduated from Wichita High School East in 1957, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Kansas in 1961. His first cousin was the fellow Russell native and long-time KCTV news anchor Wendall Anschutz.
A member of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, he is a conservative Christian. He and his wife Nancy, whom he met when he was 16, have three children. Anschutz was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2002.
Anschutz is a somewhat reclusive man who prefers to stay out of the limelight. He hasn't granted a formal interview in over 30 years.
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