Andrea Catsimatidis

Andrea Catsimatidis has been the chair of the Manhattan Republican Party since 2017. She is a New York native and socialite,[1] and the daughter of John Catsimatidis.[2]

Andrea Catsimatidis
Chair of the Manhattan Republican Party
Assumed office
2017

Early life and education

Catsimatidis is the oldest of two children born to her father and her father's second wife, Margo Vondersaar, who he married in October 1988.[3][4]

Catsimatidis studied business at New York University, where she chaired the New York University College Republicans. She graduated from NYU with a B.S. in Business Management and double minors in Political Science and Communications.

Career

Catsimatidis is an executive of the Red Apple Group and is a Principal of Red Apple Real Estate, Vice President of First Federal Guarantee Insurance Company, and Managing Director of Gristedes Supermarkets. All three companies are owned by her father.

Politics

She was elected chair of the Manhattan Republican party in 2017, a position she has held since then.[5][6] In January 2019, she appeared on CNN to discuss the government shutdown.[1] In March 2019, the New York Post's Jon Levine called her a "rising GOP star".[7]

Personal

In 2011, Catsimatidis married Christopher Nixon Cox, Richard Nixon's grandson, at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, "before a church packed with family members and political powerhouses," including Hillary Clinton, Henry Kissinger, Rudolph Giuliani, Charles Schumer, Ray Kelly, and Robert M. Morgenthau.[8][9] An elaborate black-tie wedding reception for 700 guests was held at the Waldorf-Astoria.[8][9] Her father said that he spent "in excess of $1 million" on the wedding.[10] Senator John McCain of Arizona was not invited, although Cox had worked on his 2008 presidential campaign, because McCain did not endorse Cox when Cox later ran (unsuccessfully) for Congress. Catsimatidis told the New York Post that "I thought that was low. I was just disgusted."[9]

Catsimatidis and Cox divorced in 2014.[7][11]

References
  1. Rogers, Taylor Nicole. "Meet the self-proclaimed 'billionaire heiress,' bikini enthusiast, and GOP crusader whose dad spied on her date using a controversial facial-recognition app". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  2. "The Tackiest Heiress In New York Is Also The Face Of The Manhattan Republican Party". Guest of a Guest. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  3. Elkies, Lauren (August 1, 2011). "John Catsimatidis". The Real Deal.
  4. John Catsimatidis Wed To Margo Vondersaar (October 3, 1988), New York Times.
  5. "Andrea Catsimatidis Re-Elected Chairwoman of the Manhattan GOP". The National Herald. March 11, 2020.
  6. York, Laura Pullman, New (2019-08-11). "Andrea Catsimatidis will drum up support in a bikini, Mr President, with a Maga hat to match". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  7. Nuzzi, Olivia (2019-07-23). "A Lobster Dinner With the 'Billionaire Heiress' Chair of the Manhattan GOP". Intelligencer. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  8. Cara Buckley, Andrea Catsimatidis and Christopher Cox (June 16, 2011), New York Times.
  9. Super wedding snubs McCain (May 23, 2011), New York Post.
  10. Elkies, Lauren (August 1, 2011). "John Catsimatidis". The Real Deal.
  11. Levine, Jon (2019-07-06). "How GOP crusader Andrea Catsimatidis is tackling the risky business of NY politics". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
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