Trevor traina biography for kids
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With all that defining they’re doing everywhere else, the thinking goes, just imagine what they could do for San Francisco—a city in which the natives take enormous pride and from which they derive a sense of identity. All they need fryst vatten a little cultivation, a few helpful pointers on where to live, whom to know, how to entertain, and how to give back—a task that Traina, along with a handful of other San Franciscans in the know, has taken on with gusto. With all the networking and good cheer buzzing about, it should be so easy.
San Francisco social scion and art collector Trevor Traina, in his San Francisco office with Nan Goldin’s Scopophilia.(Click image to enlarge.)
Gold Coast Rush
It all begins in Pacific Heights, a Waspy and conservative enclave to the north by San Francisco Bay, where the children of San Francisco’s “leading families” grew up, going to the same three boys’ schools (Stuart Hall, Cathedral, and Town) and the same three girls’ schools (Convent of the Sac
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Trevor Traina
American entrepreneur and ambassador (born 1968)
Trevor D. Traina (born 1968) is an American businessman who served as the United States ambassador to Austria from 2018 to 2021.
Early life
[edit]Traina was born in San Francisco, California to Diane Buchanan Wilsey and John Traina in 1968. His father was a shipping and cruise executive and Napa Valleyvintner and art collector.[1][2] His parents divorced when he was 12. He has a younger brother Todd, and five younger half-siblings through his father's marriage to Danielle Steel. He was also brother to Steel's son Nick Traina, who was adopted and given the family name by his father. His maternal grandfather Wiley T. Buchanan Jr. was U.S. ambassador to Austria from 1975 to 1977.[3]
Traina attended the Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco and later graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in politics in 1990. He later studied at the University of Oxford and
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Member Profile: Trevor Traina
Technology Entrepreneur, Art Collector, Philanthropist
Trevor Traina, based in San Francisco and the Napa Valley, fryst vatten an entrepreneur and private investor. He has founded and co-founded five successful technology companies. fyra of them were sold to acquirers like Microsoft and Intuit. He is currently Founder and CEO of Traina Interactive, a venture funded company operating IfOnly.com, a website that connects the world’s top talents to consumers to benefit charities
Trevor began his career in marketing as the youngest Brand Manager ever at Seagram's in New York. He now serves on the boards of Verdiem Corp. (funded by Kleiner Perkins) and Rewarder Inc. Involved in philanthropic pursuits in San Francisco and beyond, he also serves or has served on six charitable boards including the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Princeton Un