Art Pope

Quick Facts

Full Name	Art Pope
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	May 5, 1956(1956-05-05)
Age	68
Birthplace	Fayetteville
Country	United States
Birth City	North Carolina
Horoscope	Taurus

Art Pope Biography

Art Pope is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on May 5, 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Politiker of North Carolina who has been active as a lawyer, businessman as well as an philanthropist. The politician was appointed in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1988, and was elected to represent House District 61.

He was active politically within North Carolina during the same period as the then Governor He was politically active in North Carolina during the same period as former Governor Bev Perdue…

James Arthur “Art” Pope (born May 5, 1956) is a North Carolina businessman, philanthropist, attorney and former government official. Pope is the owner, chairman and CEO of Variety Wholesalers, a group of 370 retail stores in 16 states. He is also the president and chairman of the John William Pope Foundation.

Pope co-founded the Libertarian Party of North Carolina as a college student in 1976. He has been active with the Republican Party since the late 1970s, serving in a variety of roles ranging from precinct chairman to chairman of the North Carolina GOP State Convention. Pope has also served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention on three occasions. Pope was appointed to serve on the North Carolina State Goals and Policy Board from 1985-1989. He also served on the North Carolina Capital Planning Commission.

The Pope’s son is John W. and Joyce Wilkins Pope.

Art Pope Net Worth

Art Pope is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Art Pope 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a law student in the law department at Duke University and graduated in 1981.

He is the president and chairman of the John William Pope Foundation, an organization for philanthropy that he created in the year 1986.

Pope was born May 5, 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to John W. and Joyce Wilkins Pope. He spent his early childhood in the town of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. He moved with his family to the capital city of Raleigh, North Carolina in the early 1960s. Pope graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1978 with a B.A. with honors in political science, and went on to earn his J.D. from the Duke University School of Law in 1981.

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In 2005, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill asked the John William Pope Foundation for a $4.8 million grant to enhance its curriculum in Western civilization. In 2006, after wrangling between the university administration and some faculty and students who opposed the proposal, the Pope Foundation declined to fund the proposal. Instead, the Pope Foundation donated $100,000 a year for a visiting scholars program and student fellowships for the study of Western civilization, as well as $2 million for an endowment for salary enhancements for assistant football coaches. In 2011, the Pope Foundation gave the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $3 million for its Student-Athlete Academic Support Center. In 2014 the Pope Foundation donated $1.3 million to endow a professorship and grant program at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Facts & Trivia

Art Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Art Pope celebrates birthday on May 5 of every year.

During the 2010 North Carolina legislative races, the Democratic Party spent almost $8 Million compared to $6 Million by the Republicans. But the gap was narrowed by the independent groups Real Jobs NC and Civitas Action spending $1.7 Million on advertisement and mailers critical of 22 Democrats incumbents for their votes in recent years on increasing taxes and spending. Sixteen of the those Democratic candidates lost, helping the Republicans win a majority of the state Senate and House for the first time since 1898. Art Pope’s family owned company gave a total of $390,000 to the two groups, though the largest single donor was the Republican State Leadership Committee that gave $1.25 Million. .