<Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Bruce Vincent Rauner (/ ˈraʊnər /; born February 18, 1957) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician serving as the 42nd and current Governor of Illinois since 2015 . Prior to his election, he was the Chairman of R8 Capital Partners and Chairman of the private equity firm GTCR, based in Chicago . He was the Republican nominee in the 2014 Illinois gubernatorial election and defeated Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn by 50.3% to 46.4% . </P> <P> Bruce Rauner was born in Chicago and grew up in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb 25 miles north of Chicago . His mother, Ann (née Erickson) Rauner (1931--2011), was a nurse, and his father, Vincent Rauner (1927--1997), was a lawyer and senior vice president for Motorola . He has three siblings, Christopher, Mark, and Paula, and is of half Swedish and half German descent . His parents eventually divorced, and his father remarried to the former Carol Kopay in 1981 . Through his father's second marriage, he has a stepsister, Larisa Olson . His first job was as a paperboy . His former coworkers referred to him as "Smiley", based upon the grin he would flash at potential customers . </P>

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