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Raymond Tusk was born to the upper middle class family. His father’s family draws their roots from the wealthy Ukranian merchant that was detained by Confederate government of Louisiana for transporting contraband Hungarian salo. |
Raymond Tusk was born to the upper middle class family. His father’s family draws their roots from the wealthy Ukranian merchant that was detained by Confederate government of Louisiana for transporting contraband Hungarian salo. |
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After getting a technical degree from Carnegie Mellon in 1959, Raymond Tusk career was propelled as he started to work on very successful but classified projects for General Dynamics.After working with various cutting edge civil and defense endeavors, young Raymond tested the muddy waters of high finance while he participated in a leveraged buyout of a nuclear power utility portfolio, that in the past he designed and assisted to obtain operational licenses. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Mr. Tusk historically kept his business interested focused on utilities, intelligence services and defense, he joined the exclusive club of railroad and newspaper magnates. Raymond Tusk also founded an electric car company that produced famous “Dharma Initiative S” EV sports car that got funding from US government. |
After getting a technical degree from Carnegie Mellon in 1959, Raymond Tusk career was propelled as he started to work on very successful but classified projects for General Dynamics.After working with various cutting edge civil and defense endeavors, young Raymond tested the muddy waters of high finance while he participated in a leveraged buyout of a nuclear power utility portfolio, that in the past he designed and assisted to obtain operational licenses. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Mr. Tusk historically kept his business interested focused on utilities, intelligence services and defense, he joined the exclusive club of railroad and newspaper magnates. Raymond Tusk also founded an electric car company that produced famous “Dharma Initiative S” EV sports car that got funding from US government. |
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==Behind the Scenes== |
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Raymond Tusk is a billionaire, and a friend of the president. Walker wanted Tusk to find out if Frank Underwood was a worthy candidate for vice president, but choose not to tell Frank. Tusk eventually recommended Frank for Vice President to the President
Biography
Career
Raymond Tusk was born to the upper middle class family. His father’s family draws their roots from the wealthy Ukranian merchant that was detained by Confederate government of Louisiana for transporting contraband Hungarian salo.
After getting a technical degree from Carnegie Mellon in 1959, Raymond Tusk career was propelled as he started to work on very successful but classified projects for General Dynamics.After working with various cutting edge civil and defense endeavors, young Raymond tested the muddy waters of high finance while he participated in a leveraged buyout of a nuclear power utility portfolio, that in the past he designed and assisted to obtain operational licenses. While Mr. Tusk historically kept his business interested focused on utilities, intelligence services and defense, he joined the exclusive club of railroad and newspaper magnates. Raymond Tusk also founded an electric car company that produced famous “Dharma Initiative S” EV sports car that got funding from US government.
Behind the Scenes
Raymond Tusk was portrayed by Gerald McRaney in Season 1 of House of Cards.
Appearances
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| "Chapter 1" | "Chapter 2" | "Chapter 3" | "Chapter 4" | "Chapter 5" |
| "Chapter 6" | "Chapter 7" | "Chapter 8" | "Chapter 9" | "Chapter 10" |
| "Chapter 11" | "Chapter 12" | "Chapter 13" | ||
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