Orrin H. Ingram II

Orrin H. Ingram II was born on July 5, 1960.[8] His late father was E. Bronson Ingram II and his mother is Martha R. Ingram.[8] His brothers are David Bronson Ingram, CEO of Ingram Entertainment, and John R. Ingram, CEO of Ingram Book Group.[8] His sister is Robin Ingram Patton.[8] His paternal grandfather five times removed, David Ingram, was an immigrant from Leeds, England.[9] His paternal great-great-grandfather, also Orrin Henry Ingram, was a lumber baron in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and early invested in Friedrich Weyerhäuser's timber investments, later known as the Weyerhaeuser Corporation.[9]

Ingram received a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1982.[2][7][8]

Ingram started his career at Ingram Materials Company and Ingram Barge Company.[1][3][4][5] He has been the President of Ingram Industries since 1996, and its CEO since 1999.[1][2][4][7][8] He has served on the boards of eSkye Solutions, Ingram Micro, Ingram Barge Company, SunTrust Banks, Coca-Cola Enterprises, The Krystal Company, FirstBank, and the United States Chamber of Commerce.[1][3][4][5][6][7][8] He has served on the Strategic Advisory Boards of SunCom and Tennessee Valley Ventures.[5] In July 2011, he sold Ingram Materials Company to Pine Bluff Sand.[10] He has sat on the Boards of the United States Chamber of Commerce and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.[2][5][11]

Ingram is a former Chairman of the United States Polo Association and the Polo Training Foundation, where he still serves as an Honorary Director.[2][5][7][12] He is a member of the Nashville Polo Club.[13] In 1996, he played on the American team in South Africa with James Armstrong, Adolfo Cambiaso and Tod Rackley.[14][15] He has organized charity polo games at his RiverView Farm in Franklin, Tennessee.[16] He is the patron of the Riverview Polo Team.[17] He has won the USPA Bronze Trophy, the Eastern Challenge, the International Cup and the Continental Cup.[17]

Ingram is a "waterfowler, turkey, and big game hunter."[18] He also practices fox hunting.[19] He is the Masters of the Hillsboro Hounds.[20][21] In 2010, he went fox-hunting with Olympic show-jumper Markus Fuchs.[21]

Ingram serves on the Board of Directors of Boys & Girls Clubs of America for Middle Tennessee, Nashville Public Education Foundation, the executive committee of the United Way for Metropolitan Nashville, the Wetlands America Trust Board for Ducks Unlimited.[2][5][7] He is the 2005 recipient of the Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr. Excellence in Volunteer Leadership Award of the United Way.[22] He is a member of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust, and the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance.[18]

A Republican, Ingram supported George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, John McCain in 2000 and 2008.[8] He has also supported Fred Thompson, Lindsey Graham, Tom DeLay, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.[8]

In 2015, Ingram donated $1,500 to David Fox's failed campaign to become the new Mayor of Nashville.[23]

Ingram is divorced, and has two sons, Orrin H. "Hank" Ingram III and Aaron Forest Barrett, and one daughter, Virginia Ingram.[8] Son Orrin was born to his first wife, Terri Drummond Lyon.