Howard Ahmanson, Jr.

Howard Fieldstead Ahmanson, Jr. (born Feb. 3, 1950) is an heir of the Home Savings bank fortune built by his father Howard Fieldstead Ahmanson, Sr.. Ahmanson Jr. is a multi-millionaire philanthropist and financier of many Christian conservative cultural, religious and political causes. Ahmanson is the son of Dorothy Johnston Grannis and the American financier Howard F. Ahmanson, Sr (1906–1968). His parents divorced when he was 10. Despite the trappings of wealth, Howard, Jr. was a lonely child. He has said, "I resented my family background, [my father] could never be a role model, whether by habits or his lifestyle, it was never anything I wanted." Howard Ahmanson, Sr. died when his son was 18, and Ahmanson Jr. inherited a vast...