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Huntsman and his wife, Karen, were married for over 58 years and had nine children: Jon Jr., Peter, Christena, Kathleen (d.

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Jon M. Huntsman Sr., Chairman

Jon M. Huntsman Sr. is the Chairman of Huntsman Family Investments. Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN), a multinational chemicals manufacturer that generates $15bn revenue and employs 16,000 associates across 30 countries. In 2007, he co-founded the private equity firm Huntsman Gay Global Capital to focus on middle-market investments. In recognition of his business achievements, Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. has been awarded the Kaveler Award (1994), the Othmer Award (2004), WSJ’s Innovator of the Year Award (2011) and the American Chemical Society’s Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement (2013). Before his career in business, Jon served as Special Assistant and Staff Secretary to President Richard Nixon.

Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. has been an active philanthropist, giving over $1.4 billion to further education, research and economic development around the globe. In 1993, he and his wife Karen established the Huntsman Cancer Institute and Hospital and as Chairman, he

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Jon M. Huntsman, Sr.is Founder and Executive Chairman of Huntsman Corporation, a global manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals.

Forty years ago, Mr. Huntsman began a small entrepreneurial plastics packaging business. Originally known for pioneering innovations in packaging and, later, for rapid and integrated growth in petrochemicals, its operating companies today manufacture chemical products used in a wide range of industries, with more than 16,000 employees and multiple locations worldwide. The Company’s 2015 revenues exceeded $15 billion.

Mr. Huntsman earned his undergraduate degree at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Southern California. He has been awarded thirteen honorary doctorate degrees.

Mr. Huntsman was a U. S. Naval Gunnery Officer. He served under President Richard M. Nixon as Special Assistant to the President and as White House Staff Secretary.

Jon Huntsman, characterized by Elite Traveler magazine as a “folksy patriarch” and “a cross between Mark Twain and Warren Buffet,” author

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Biography

Karen Haight Huntsman was born in San Diego, Calif., in 1938. Mrs. Huntsman is the daughter of the late Elder David B. Haight of the LDS Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Ruby Haight.

She attended high school in Palo Alto, Calif., where she was a student leader. She then matriculated at the University of Utah. Mrs. Huntsman was a member of Chi Omega Sorority and active in student affairs. She was voted the Miami Triad Queen by Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta and the Betas. During her junior year in college, she left the university to marry Jon M. Huntsman, a young Navy officer and recent graduate of The Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania.

A woman of considerable accomplishment and deep commitment, Mrs. Huntsman has and continues to leave a legacy of family, faith and community service. Although she was present at the founding of Huntsman Corporation, as her husband’s greatest source of support, she has since played a vit