The oldest Romney son is the most involved brother in Mitt Romney’s campaign for president.
He was a senior adviser in Mitt’s 2008 Republican primary bid, often acting as a surrogate or spokesman. Tagg’s focus for this campaign was supposed to be fundraising, but he reportedly has taken on a more “aggressive” role in campaign strategy in the past few weeks, a Romney family friend told Politico. He blogs and tweets a mix of campaign updates and family news. ("While Dad preps for debate, the fam ate Sunday dinner. Caught Mom doing dishes w my pa-in-law.)
Tagg and his mother, Ann, were the only two family members who wanted Mitt Romney to run again for president.
“We felt he owed it to the country to give it another chance. And my dad included, he was not at all convinced that he was going to run again,” Tagg said in an interview with Frontline PBS for “The Choice 2012” documentary. “It took a lot of convincing on the part of my mom and some of his senior staff to say, 'This is important for the country that you do this.’ “
Tagg is the managing partner and co-founder of Solamere Capital, a private equity firm in Boston launched along with Spencer Zwick, Romney's chief fundraiser. He lives in Belmont, Mass., with his wife, Jen, and their six kids. The family welcomed twin sons in May via a surrogate mother. In 2006, he was the chief marketing officer for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1998 and majored in economics at Brigham Young University.
