Edward
C. Dupont, Jr. - President
Ed
Dupont is president and founder of The
Dupont Group. Ed's
political career included five successful terms
in the New Hampshire State Senate beginning
in 1983 and ending in 1992. While in the Senate,
Ed served as Senate Majority Leader and Vice
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. As
a member of the Finance Committee and chairman
of other standing committees, Ed developed extensive
knowledge of utility, technology and banking
issues. Ed co-chaired the joint Senate/House
Committee that developed the first comprehensive
reorganization of state government in over twenty
years. Ed's efforts led to the consolidation
of several state agencies, including the creation
of a new Department of Environmental Services.
In
1990, Ed was elected President of the Senate.
During his term as Senate President, he established
and chaired the first standing legislative committee
on economic development in New Hampshire history.
Under his leadership, the Legislature adopted
initiatives to stimulate capital formation,
established the state's economic development
fund, provided research and development assistance
for emerging companies and reformed the state's
Business Profits Tax (BPT) to include tax credits
for job creation and capital investment.
Ed
attended the University of New Hampshire and
after finishing his studies founded Strafford
Fuels, Inc., a distributor of petroleum products
and services located in Rochester, New Hampshire.
Ed
served on the boards of a number of organizations
and is currently a director of Merchantbanc,
a venture capital firm based in Manchester,
New Hampshire. Ed has had a life long interest
in aviation and is an instrument rated private
pilot. He lives with his wife and two daughters
in Durham.
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