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UConn Receives Historic Gift To Support New Student-Athlete Success Center

superjohn said:
Is this accurate? This UConn grad I'm just hearing about for the first time is worth $650-$700 million?

UConn graduate makes largest athletic donation in history.
www.ctinsider.com

This UConn graduate from Hartford is making the largest athletic donation in school history

Trisha Bailey, a former UConn track athlete from Hartford, is making the largest donation in history of university's athletic department.
www.ctinsider.com www.ctinsider.com
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Sounds like she has a real shot to be the first billionaire alum in UConn history too
 
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Trisha was a part of a huge fundraising effort by the Uconn Track and Field program amidst the beginning of the athletic budget cuts to help keep all their programs (XC, T&F) afloat. She’s such a huge reason for that (amongst many other incredible alumni) and is an absolute amazing human. While the athletic budget cuts weren’t great, Trisha would never have been reunited with UConn if not for the Track and Field program having to mount such a robust alumni fundraising campaign. Such a serendipitous silver lining given all the wondrous generosity she’s giving to T&F and UConn as a whole now.
 
Is there a bio on her? Where she was born, etc. I know that all her businesses are located in Florida. Does she have any other connections in Connecticut besides UConn?
 
superjohn said:
Is this accurate? This UConn grad I'm just hearing about for the first time is worth $650-$700 million?

UConn graduate makes largest athletic donation in history.
www.ctinsider.com

This UConn graduate from Hartford is making the largest athletic donation in school history

Trisha Bailey, a former UConn track athlete from Hartford, is making the largest donation in history of university's athletic department.
www.ctinsider.com www.ctinsider.com
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I'm hoping to get close to that by winning Mega Millions tonight. But you won't hear about that either. ;)
 
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HuskyHawk said:
I'm hoping to get close to that by winning Mega Millions tonight. But you won't hear about that either. ;)
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Dude, there better be a party. That’s all I’m saying.
 
UConn has a number of wealthy alumni although probably not as wealthy as Trisha Bailey. In general, these people are not famous sports stars, actors, politicians, or academics, so they never make it on the "famous UConn alumni" lists.
 
Does anyone else find it really strange that Trisha Bailey has never even been mentioned on this board before today?

We've had a bunch of threads about UConn's wealthy alumni or lack thereof and it seems nobody knew anything about her. If any alum was worth $650-$700 million you would think everyone would know about it. That she's a 45 year old black woman who grew up poor in Jamaica and Hartford and played sports at the University makes it way more newsworthy and unique. I'm shocked we're just hearing about this woman for the first time on this board. That net worth would make her one of the richest black women in the world.
 
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superjohn said:
Does anyone else find it really strange that Trisha Bailey has never even been mentioned on this board before today?

We've had a bunch of threads about UConn's wealthy alumni or lack thereof and it seems nobody knew anything about her. If any alum was worth $650-$700 million you would think everyone would know about it. That she's a 45 year old black woman who grew up poor in Jamaica and Hartford and played sports at the University makes it way more newsworthy and unique. I'm shocked we're just hearing about this woman for the first time on this board. That net worth would make her one of the richest black women in the world.
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No, as I stated above, the most visible UConn alums have been pro athletes, actors, politicians,... There are other wealthy UConn alums, but they have made their fortunes in finance, real estate, business,.. and aren't as high profile. Everyone knows Rebecca Lobo, but nobody would have known Robert Burton if he hadn't been a big donor to the football program, although he is not an alum.
 
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UConnJim said:
No, as I stated above, the most visible UConn alums have been pro athletes, actors, politicians,... There are other wealthy UConn alums, but they have made their fortunes in finance, real estate, business,.. and aren't as high profile. Everyone knows Rebecca Lobo, but nobody would have known Robert Burton if he hadn't been a big donor to the football program, although he is not an alum.
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As you stated Robert Burton didn't go to UConn and I don't think he had anywhere near the type of money this article is stating Trisha Bailey has.

It's strange to me we would have a 45 year old woman who played sports at UConn who is worth $650-700 million and is on her way to being a billionaire and we never heard of her. That net worth would put her at like the 5th or 6th richest black woman in the world according to Forbes and they don't have her on the list.

It's incredibly rare for people to have that kind of money and for it to go unnoticed. It's an amazing story I'm just surprised it seems she's gone so under the radar as an alum and there is so little information about her wealth on the internet.
 
superjohn said:
As you stated Robert Burton didn't go to UConn and I don't think he had anywhere near the type of money this article is stating Trisha Bailey has.

It's strange to me we would have a 45 year old woman who played sports at UConn who is worth $650-700 million and is on her way to being a billionaire and we never heard of her. That net worth would put her at like the 5th or 6th richest black woman in the world according to Forbes and they don't have her on the list.
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She had not stepped foot in Storrs since graduating until earlier this year. She was out of the picture.
 
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I’d agree with Superjohn. She’s ultra rich. Kind of odd that she hasn’t gotten some press associated with UConn. It isn’t about donations all the time, it’s also about praising and shining a light on your successful grads.
 
superjohn said:
As you stated Robert Burton didn't go to UConn and I don't think he had anywhere near the type of money this article is stating Trisha Bailey has.

It's strange to me we would have a 45 year old woman who played sports at UConn who is worth $650-700 million and is on her way to being a billionaire and we never heard of her. That net worth would put her at like the 5th or 6th richest black woman in the world according to Forbes and they don't have her on the list.

It's incredibly rare for people to have that kind of money and for it to go unnoticed. It's an amazing story I'm just surprised it seems she's gone so under the radar as an alum and there is so little information about her wealth on the internet.
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The part about ppl that rich rarely going unnoticed is not true. There are quite a few ppl with net worths that would make Forbes’ list that are not on their radar.

It’s also not like they’re just adding up public bank statements to figure out who’s who. They’re trying to analyze who owns what percentage of what and how much that might be worth for often private companies and investments without necessarily a clear metric for valuation. So, it’s a pretty murky science. For most who would qualify for the list, it’s very different than Elon, Zuckerberg and Bezos where the biggest portion of their net worth is public.
 
Jimdish255 said:
Never want to hear a bad word about cutting Track & Field ever again!
Thanks Trisha!
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or Title 9. Kudos to UCONN's "Human Development" degree program. I can't wait for her book to come out, amazing story.
 
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