Christopher Heinz

Businessman

Birth Year 1973

Age 51 years old

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1966

He is the great-great-grandson of the industrialist and founder of the H.J. Heinz Co. He has two brothers, H. John Heinz IV (born 4 November 1966) and Andre Heinz.

He and his brothers served on the board of The Heinz Endowments chaired by their mother.

1973

Christopher Drake Heinz (born 1973) is an American businessman and investment manager.

He is an heir to the billionaire fortune from the family food company Heinz.

1991

Chris Heinz is the youngest son of United States Senator Henry John Heinz III (d. 1991) and Teresa Heinz Kerry.

His father was killed in the 1991 mid-air collision of a helicopter and plane (Merion air disaster).

Chris Heinz is a stepson of the United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and stepbrother of Alexandra Kerry and Vanessa Kerry.

2004

In 2004 when his stepfather John Kerry, was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States, Heinz quit his job working as a venture capitalist to work as a fundraiser and surrogate speaker for Kerry’s campaign.

Heinz worked on his stepfather's Presidential campaign, and spoke at the 2004 Democratic National Convention where he was considered a plausible candidate for a 2006 seat in the U.S. Congress.

2005

In 2005, he co-founded Rosemont Capital (named for the family’s Fox Chapel property near Pittsburgh) until departing in 2014.

2007

Heinz married Alexandra Lewis in February 2007.

They have two children.

2009

He was a partner in the Washington, D.C. firm Rosemont Seneca from its founding in 2009 until 2014, when he ended his working relationship with Hunter Biden and Devon Archer, after Biden and Archer took board positions on Burisma Holdings (a Ukrainian fracking gas company), which was owned by Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, the former Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources.

2015

In 2015, he relocated to Pittsburgh.

He has served on the board of the Navy SEAL Foundation.

He is a former member of the Council on Foreign Relations.