Arnold’s Bio
By PoliPundit ~ August 8th, 2003 @ 8:25 am
What you may not know about Arnold:
Mr. Schwarzenegger’s biography exemplifies the American dream. Determined to make it in the Hollywood movies he saw in his native Austria, he first spent countless hours training to become a world champion bodybuilder in an unheated gym in his parent’s home. At age 21, he came to America in 1968 with little money and even less command of English. A natural capitalist, he bought up office buildings and apartment complexes before he ever made a film. His business empire now includes shopping malls, a Boeing 747 he leases to an airline, and a large chunk of Santa Monica real estate. He took evening courses in business at UCLA, and earned a bachelor’s degree in business by mail from the University of Wisconsin at Superior. Over the course of several years he wooed and won Maria Shriver. He became the highest-paid actor in the history of movies, pulling down $30 million for this summer’s “Terminator 3.”His charitable activities include a foundation that provides after-school programs for 200,000 kids and served as the inspiration for Proposition 49–an initiative he sponsored last year to expand after-school programs to every school in California. In a stroke of political genius, the initiative didn’t raise taxes or cut any other program. Its funding mechanism only kicks in when economic growth naturally increases state revenues.
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