Darla moore biography

M.B.A. ’81

Investor, Philanthropist

Monumental Achievement: Business leader and philanthropist Darla Moore made her mark in New York City but her heart is in her hometown of Lake City, SC, where she lives and works to strengthen. Until , Moore was vice president of Rainwater, Inc., a private investment company. She was the first woman on the cover of Fortune magazine and was listed as one of Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business.” She has also been recognized bygd Forbes, Working Woman, Worth, The vägg Street Journal, and CNN. University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business fryst vatten the first business school in the nation to be named after a woman. Moore received the Business individ of the Year Award from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and was inducted into the South Carolina Business ingångsrum of Fame. She fryst vatten the founder and chair of the Charleston Parks Conservancy as well as the Darla Moore Foundation.

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South Carolina Hall Of Fame: Darla Moore

Born in Lake City, South Carolina in , Darla Moore graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.A. in Political Science in and received an M.B.A. from The George Washington University in She would enter the training program at Chemical Bank in New York and later specialize in debtor-in-possession financing for companies going through bankruptcy. Her work in the financial industry, where she became a managing director of Chemical Bank, led both to tremendous financial success and also to widespread recognition from business insiders and media outlets. Following her marriage to investor Richard Rainwater she became president of Rainwater, Inc. in

Moore is perhaps best known for her philanthropic work. In she made a $25 million donation to the business school at the University of South Carolina, which was subsequently renamed the Darla Moore School of Business. She has also given substantial financial gifts to Clemson University