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Ronald N. Tutor

Also Known As Tutor

CEO of Tutor Perini

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Ronald N. Tutor is an American businessman. He is chairman and chief executive officer of Tutor Perini, Inc.(TPC)

Tutor started a career in construction shortly after graduation, working for Tutor-Saliba and A.G. Tutor Co. He now serves as Chairman, CEO and President of Tutor Perini, and President of the Tutor-Perini Corporation. He received the United States Army Corps of Engineers National Contractor of the Year Award for Civil Works Projects in 1994.

Tutor serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, USC. Tutor gifted USC The Ronald Tutor Campus Center and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Tutor Hall, which are named in his honor. He has received the Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award from USC. He donated US$2 million to the USC Institute of Armenian Studies in 2008. In 2014, his wife Alia endowed the Alia Tutor Chair in Reproductive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Early Life

Ronald N. Tutor born 1940/1941 in Sherman Oaks, California, and is of Armenian descent. His father, A.G. Tutor, founded A.G. Tutor Co., a real estate development company, in 1949. The company built "houses and small commercial buildings".

Tutor was educated at Harvard Westlake and Van Nuys High School. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1963

Tutor owned the Pegasus V yacht which he listed for sale in 2012. He has two sons with his wife, Alia, and three daughters from previous marriages. One of his daughters is Tracy Tutor, a main cast member on the real estate reality television program, Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles.                                 

Education

  • - Harvard Westlake and Van Nuys High School
  • Graduated - University of Southern California

Career

  • Tutor Perini - CEO
  • Tutor Perini - Chairman

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