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Howard Rich
| Howard Rich | |
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| Organization: | U.S. Term Limits and Americans for Limited Government |
| Role: | Chairman |
| Location: | New York, New York |
| Education: | New York University Stern School of Business |
Howard "Howie" Rich is a real estate investor and the co-founder and former chairman of U.S. Term Limits and Americans for Limited Government.[1] He served on several boards of directors, including the Cato Institute, as well as the Club for Growth.[1][2]
Biography
Rich grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended George W. Wingate High School. His senior year of high school he earned the New York State Regents scholarship. After graduation, he went to the Baruch College, a local New York City college, where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics. He then studied investments at New York University Graduate School of Business.[3]
Rich's professional career began with a Manhattan residential real estate developer. In 1970, he bought his first multi-resident building. By 1986, he had accumulated 17 buildings and had them modernized. That same year, he sold all but two properties of his portfolio. After the 1987 stock market crash, he sold one of the remaining two, and in 1989, he exchanged his remaining property for one in Houston. In the 1990s, Rich began purchasing Manhattan properties again. In recent years, he has exchanged his Manhattan properties for garden apartment developments in a number of states.[4]
Work and activities
U.S. Term Limits
In 1991, Rich co-founded U.S. Term Limits with Eric O'Keefe. As of December 2025, the organization's website stated that its mission was to "enact & defend term limits on elected offices at all levels of government via the ballot box, legislatures and the courts with an ultimate aim of enacting a congressional term limits amendment to the U.S. Constitution."[5]
According to an email correspondence with Rich, "Through their efforts, 23 states had voted to term limit their legislators. With just under half of Congress term limited, an Amendment term limiting Congress was inevitable. However, in the 1995 Supreme Court case U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton, the Court decided 5-4 that citizens could not vote to term limit their legislators. All 23 states’ term limits were thrown out that day. This changed U.S. Term Limits’ path but not the target. They continue to move toward this goal by other means while simultaneously maintaining a lead presence in state and local movements."[4]
Rich cofounded Americans for Limited Government in 1996 and funded scholarships through the Student Sponsor Partnership. Rich was given the Herman W. Lay Memorial Award in 2000.[4]
Rich served on the boards of the Cato Institute, the Club for Growth, and the Center for Independent Thought.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mother Jones, "Following the Mystery Money Behind a Super-PAC’s Attacks on Tammy Duckworth," October 16, 2012
- ↑ Americans for Limited Government, "Howard S. Rich," accessed November 30, 2025
- ↑ PBS, "Taking the Initiative," accessed November 30, 2025
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Ballotpedia staff, "Bio submission from Howard Rich," January 28, 2019
- ↑ U.S. Term Limits, "About," accessed December 4, 2025
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