Editing Neil Bush

{{short description|American businessman and investor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Neil Bush
| image              = Neil Bush (5817515972).jpg
| caption            = Bush in 2011
| birth_name         = Neil Mallon Bush
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age |1955|1|22}}
| birth_place        = [[Midland, Texas]], U.S.
| education          = [[Tulane University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| occupation         = Businessman
| party              = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| children           = 3, including [[Lauren Bush|Lauren]]
| spouse             = {{plain list|
* {{marriage|[[Sharon Bush|Sharon Smith]]|1980|2003|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Maria Andrews|2004}}
}}
| parents            = {{plain list|
* [[George H. W. Bush]]
* [[Barbara Bush]]
}}
| family             = [[Bush family|Bush]]
}}
'''Neil Mallon Bush''' (born January 22, 1955) is an American businessman and investor.  He is the fourth of six children of former president [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Barbara Bush]] (née Pierce). His five siblings are [[George W. Bush]]; [[Jeb Bush]], a former governor of Florida; the late [[Pauline Robinson Bush]]; [[Marvin Bush]]; and [[Dorothy Bush Koch]].<ref name=GHWBlifebefore>{{cite web| title=George H. W. Bush: Life Before the Presidency| last=Knott| first=Stephen| date=October 4, 2016| url=https://millercenter.org/president/bush/life-before-the-presidency| publisher=Miller Center, the University of Virginia| location=Charlottesville, Virginia| access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Neil Bush was born on January 22, 1955, in [[Midland, Texas]].<ref name="nndb"/> Bush was named after a good friend of the family, [[Henry Neil Mallon]], chairman of [[Dresser Industries]], [[George H. W. Bush]]'s employer. As a child, Bush spent some summers and holidays at his family's estate in [[Maine]], the [[Bush compound]].

At age 11, he enrolled in the exclusive [[St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)|St. Albans School]] in Washington, D.C. He struggled through school; a counselor told his mother that he was doubtful the boy had the potential to graduate. He was later diagnosed as having [[dyslexia]], and his mother spent much time assisting him with his [[learning disability]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Homer |first=Michelle |last2=Duncan |first2=Deborah |date=April 16, 2018 |title=Emotional Neil Bush on his mother's life and legacy |url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/community/emotional-neil-bush-on-his-mothers-life-and-legacy/285-540211907 |access-date=2020-07-16 |website=khou.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Carlson |first=Peter |date=2003-12-28 |title=The Relatively Charmed Life Of Neil Bush |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/12/28/the-relatively-charmed-life-of-neil-bush/388db316-f6b9-456e-8720-b4b2bf60a8ab/ |access-date=2020-07-16 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Remembering George H.W. Bush, A Champion For People With Disabilities |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/03/672817727/remembering-george-h-w-bush-a-champion-for-people-with-disabilities |access-date=2022-04-13}}</ref> Eventually, his grades improved and he graduated from St. Albans in 1973.

In 1977, Bush earned a degree in economics from [[Tulane University]]. In 1979, Bush earned an MBA.<ref name="nndb">{{cite web |title=Neil Bush |url=http://www.nndb.com/people/505/000026427/ |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=nndb.com |publisher=}}</ref>
[[Image:Entire Bush family.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Neil Bush (front row, leftmost) and the [[Bush family]] (early 1960s)]]

==Career and business dealings==
===Silverado Savings and Loan===
Bush settled in the [[Denver]] area and became a member of the board of directors of Denver-based [[Savings and loan crisis#Silverado Savings and Loan|Silverado Savings and Loan]] from 1985 to 1988 during the [[S&L crisis]] of the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/neil-bush-fights-to-clear-his-famous-name-vol-34-no-4/|title=Neil Bush Fights to Clear His Famous Name|last=Hewitt|first=Bill|date=July 30, 1990|website=People|access-date=December 5, 2018}}</ref> Since his father [[George H. W. Bush]] was [[Vice President of the United States]], his role in Silverado's failure was a focal point of publicity.<ref>Peter Carlson (Dec. 28, 2003), [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/12/28/the-relatively-charmed-life-of-neil-bush/388db316-f6b9-456e-8720-b4b2bf60a8ab/ "The Relatively Charmed Life Of Neil Bush"], ''The Washington Post:'' "Ah, it's nice to be Neil Bush. When you're Neil Bush, rich people from all over the world are eager to invest money in your businesses, even though your businesses have a history of crashing and burning in spectacular fashion."</ref><ref>Louis Dubose (Mar. 16, 2001), [https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2001-03-16/o-brother-where-art-thou/ "O, Brother! Where Art Thou?"], ''The Austin Chronicle:'' "Like [[Hugh Rodham (born 1950)|Hugh Rodham]], the Bush Bros. Have Capitalized on Family Ties"</ref>

The U.S. [[Office of Thrift Supervision]] investigated Silverado's failure and determined that Bush had engaged in numerous "breaches of his fiduciary duties involving multiple conflicts of interest." Although Bush was not indicted on criminal charges, a [[Civil law (common law)|civil action]] was brought against him and the other Silverado directors by the [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]]; it was eventually [[Settlement (litigation)|settled out of court]], with Bush paying $50,000 as part of the settlement.<ref name="WP-12-28-03">{{cite news| first= Peter |last=Carlson| url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/12/28/the-relatively-charmed-life-of-neil-bush/388db316-f6b9-456e-8720-b4b2bf60a8ab/ |title= The Relatively Charmed Life of Neil Bush| newspaper= The Washington Post| date= December 28, 2003| access-date= April 10, 2016}}</ref>

A friend who also donated funds to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] set up a fund to help defer costs Neil incurred in his S&L
legal defense.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A81085 |work=The Austin Chronicle| title= O, Brother! Where Art Thou?| first= Louis |last= DuBose| date= March 16, 2001| access-date= April 10, 2016}}</ref>

===Ignite! Learning===
{{main|Ignite!}}
In 1999, Bush co-founded [[Ignite!|Ignite! Learning]], an educational software corporation. Bush has said he started [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]-based Ignite! Learning because of his learning difficulties in middle school and those of his son, Pierce.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.mrt.com/import/article_6ea9b811-13b6-51c0-b45d-cab293c876f5.html | title= Bush brother visits Alamo Jr. High | date= August 29, 2006 | first= Ruth | last= Campbell | newspaper= Midland Reporter-Telegram | access-date= April 10, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The software uses [[multiple intelligence]] methods to provide varying types of content to appeal to multiple learning styles.

To fund Ignite!, Bush raised $23&nbsp;million from US investors, including his parents, as well as businessmen from [[Taiwan]], Japan, [[Kuwait]], the [[British Virgin Islands]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]], according to documents filed with the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]]. Documented investors included [[Kuwaiti people|Kuwaiti]] company head Mohammed Al Saddah, and Chinese computer executive Winston Wong, as well as the late Russian billionaire expatriate [[Boris Berezovsky (businessman)|Boris Berezovsky]], and Berezovsky's partner Badri Patarkatsishvili.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Bush's relationship with the late controversial oligarch [[Boris Berezovsky (businessman)|Boris Berezovsky]], a political enemy of Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] who at the time of his death had been under indictment for fraud in Russia and an applicant for [[Right of asylum|asylum]] in the United Kingdom,<ref name=profits /> has been noted in the media. Berezovsky, who died in 2013, had been an investor in Bush's Ignite! program since at least 2003.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web| url= http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/13659/ | title= Berezovsky, Neil Bush, Latvian businessmen meet| work= [[Baltic Times]]| date= September 23, 2005| access-date= April 10, 2016}}</ref> Bush met with Berezovsky in [[Latvia]]. The meeting caused tension between that country and Russia due to Berezovsky's fugitive status.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> Bush was also seen in Berezovsky's box at [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]'s [[Emirates Stadium]] for a football game in 2006.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1864950,00.html | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Berezovsky and Bush's brother in the crowd at the Emirates| first= Paul |last= Kelso|date= September 4, 2006 |access-date= April 10, 2016}}</ref>  There had also been speculation in the English language ''[[Moscow Times]]'' that the relationship may cause tension in U.S.-Russian bilateral relations, "especially since Putin had taken pains to build a personal relationship with the U.S. president," George Bush.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncrp.org/AR-100605-MoscowTimes.asp |work=The Moscow Times |publisher=republished online by National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy |url-status=dead |title=Berezovsky Teams Up With Bush's Brother |first=Catherine |last=Belton |author-link=Catherine Belton |date=October 6, 2005 |access-date=April 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102002017/http://www.ncrp.org/AR-100605-MoscowTimes.asp |archive-date=November 2, 2006 }}</ref>

In 2002, Neil Bush commended his brother, George, for his efforts on education as president, but he questioned the emphasis on constant testing to keep federal aid coming to public schools: "I share the concerns of many that if our system is driven around assessments, pencil-and-paper tests that test a kid's ability to memorize stuff, I would say that reliance threatens to institutionalize bad teaching practices."<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.madisone-zone.com/viewnews.php?current=31&action=2 |	title= Neil Bush promotes brother, business| first= Cliff |last= Peale| work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |date= January 29, 2002| publisher= republished online by Madison E-Zone News & Events| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040312005929/http://www.madisone-zone.com/viewnews.php?current=31&action=2| archive-date= March 12, 2004| access-date= April 10, 2016}}</ref>

As of October 2006, over 13 US school districts (out of over 14,000 school districts nationwide<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0074/tab10.pdf |title= Table 10. Number of School Districts and Distribution of the School-Age Population by the Total School District Population: 1990 and 2000| publisher= US Census Bureau}}</ref>) have used federal funds made available through the [[No Child Left Behind Act]] of 2001 to buy Ignite's portable learning centers at $3,800 apiece.<ref name=profits>{{cite news| url= http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-ignite22oct22,1,3219644.story | title= Bush's Family Profits From 'No Child' Act | date= October 22, 2006| first= Walter F. Jr. | last= Roche | newspaper= Los Angeles Times| access-date= April 10, 2016}}</ref>

A December 2003 Style section article in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that Bush's salary from Ignite! was $180,000 per year.<ref name="WP-12-28-03"/>

===Kopin stock trades===
In July 1999, Bush made at least $798,000 on three stock trades in a single day of a company where he had been employed as a consultant. The company, [[Kopin Corporation]] of [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]], Massachusetts, announced on the same day good news about a new Asian client that sent its stock value soaring. Bush stated that he had no inside knowledge and that his financial advisor had recommended the trades. He said, "any increase in the price of the stock on that day was purely coincidental, meaning that I did not have any improper information."<ref>{{cite news| first= Pete |last= Yost| agency= Associated Press| url= http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/2329869.html | title= Neil Bush made 1-day stock profit of $171,370| newspaper= [[Houston Chronicle]]| date= December 31, 2003| access-date= November 21, 2010}}</ref>

When asked in January 2004 about the stock trades, Bush contrasted the [[capital gain]]s he reported in 1999 and 2000 with the capital losses on Kopin stock he reported ($287,722 in all) in 2001. In 2001 Kopin joined a broad decline in high-tech stock valuations.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/01/elec04.neil.bush.ap/ |publisher=CNN |title= Neil Bush makes one-day profit over $170,000 |date=January 2, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619192754/http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/01/elec04.neil.bush.ap/ |archive-date=June 19, 2006 }}</ref>

===Speaking engagements===
Bush has often been invited to speak to audiences overseas. Bush says he has courtesy visits with world leaders but has no plans to wade into [[foreign policy]]. "Oftentimes because of my father's goodwill, and because of the president being who he is, people might extend an invitation, and it's enjoyable for me," Bush said. "Some of these folks are family friends."<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002/04/08/edu-software.htm | work=[[USA Today]] | title=Neil Bush enters educational software business | date=April 8, 2002}}</ref>

Speaking at a Saudi Arabian economic forum in January 2002, Bush referred to growing [[anti-American]] sentiment in Arab countries and said the two peoples must communicate better. He said the Arab P.R. machine is not as good as Israel's.<ref>{{cite web| first= Jake| last= Tapper| url= http://www.salon.com/2002/01/24/neil_bush/ |title= Neil Bush says Arab P.R. machine not as good as Israel's | website=Salon| date= January 24, 2002| access-date= April 10, 2016}}</ref>

Bush frequently travels to the Middle East, Europe and Asia to negotiate deals and raise capital for various businesses. According to court filings from his divorce, in 2000 he was paid $1.3&nbsp;million for such work. This includes $642,500 as a commission for introducing an Asian investor to the owners of an American high-tech company.<ref name="WP-12-28-03" /> The George W. Bush-era [[White House]] Administration appeared unfazed by his world travel. "The president knows his brother will always do the right thing," press secretary [[Ari Fleischer]] said."<ref name="autogenerated2" />

===Other business engagements===
In 2002, Bush signed a consulting contract that paid $2&nbsp;million in stock over five years to work for Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., a firm backed by [[Jiang Mianheng]], the son of former Chinese President [[Jiang Zemin]], plus $10,000 for every board meeting he attends.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/26/1069522647652.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Bush's younger brother quizzed over $2m deal | date=November 26, 2003}}</ref>

Bush serves as co-chairman of a company called Crest Investment. Crest pays him $60,000 a year to provide miscellaneous consulting services.<ref name="Newsday"/><ref name=romps>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/25/bush.brother.reut/ | publisher=CNN | title=Bush brother's divorce reveals sex romps | date=November 24, 2003}}</ref>

In 2001, Neil Bush incorporated an investment firm called LehmanBush with veteran China lawyer Edward Lehman.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.lehmanbush.com |title = Lehman Bush}}</ref>

==Philanthropy and charity involvement, volunteer work==
===George H.W. Bush Foundation For U.S.-China Relations===
Neil Bush is the founder and chairman of the George H.W. Bush Foundation For U.S.-China Relations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bushchinafoundation.org/|website=bushchinafoundation.org|title=George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations|access-date=2020-07-16|language=en-US}}</ref> Created in 2017, the Foundation serves as a U.S.-China Relations Think Tank, Track 2 Diplomacy Policy Hub and for Business, Trade and U.S. Investment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zlabglobal.com/project/ghwbushfoundation|title=George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations – Z LAB|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320184057/https://www.zlabglobal.com/project/ghwbushfoundation/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The organization holds an annual George H.W. Bush Conference on U.S.-China Relations.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bushchinaconference.org/ | title=Bush | access-date=March 20, 2020 | archive-date=March 20, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320184050/http://www.bushchinaconference.org/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> The purpose of The George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations seeks to advance U.S.-China relations in ways that reflect the ethos and values of President George H. W. Bush, whose visionary, wise, deft and steady stewardship of the U.S.-China relationship during his tenure as president was exemplary of the highest attributes and values of true statesmanship. Through an active, wide-ranging and highly innovative program of activities, the Bush China Foundation promotes the late president's life-long view that the U.S.-China relationship is the most consequential bilateral relationship in the world and that a positive and constructive relationship between the two countries is in the best interest of both the United States and China as well as the entire global community.

===Points of Light===
Neil Bush is the chairman of [[Points of Light]], an international nonprofit that works to increase volunteerism in the world.<ref>[http://www.pointsoflight.org/who-we-are Board of Directors], Points of Light Institute</ref> Points of Light has approximately 250 affiliates in 22 countries and partnerships with thousands of nonprofits and companies dedicated to volunteer service around the world. In 2012, Points of Light mobilized 4&nbsp;million volunteers in 30&nbsp;million hours of service worth $635&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Points of Light 2012 Year in Review|url=http://www.pointsoflight.org/sites/default/files/site-content/files/pol_endofyearappeal_5x8_webversion.pdf|work=Points of Light|access-date=May 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004160736/http://www.pointsoflight.org/sites/default/files/site-content/files/pol_endofyearappeal_5x8_webversion.pdf|archive-date=October 4, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kansas.com/news/business/article217761290.html|title=3 decades on, George H.W. Bush's Points of Light still shine|last=Sharp|first=David|date=September 4, 2018|website=The Wichita Eagle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904124257/https://www.kansas.com/news/business/article217761290.html|archive-date=4 September 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref>

===Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue===
Bush was a founding director, along with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (the future [[Pope Benedict XVI]]), of the [[Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue]] (FIIRD). The foundation promotes ecumenical understanding and publishes religious texts and was founded in 1999. Bush is no longer on the board of the foundation.<ref name="Newsday">{{cite news| first1=Knut |last1=Royce |first2=Tom |last2=Brune| url= http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-wochar214226829apr21,0,2177757.story |title= Neil Bush, Ratzinger co-founders: President's younger brother served with then-cardinal on board of relatively unknown ecumenical foundation| work=Newsday| date= April 21, 2005}}</ref>

===Anti-Ritalin campaign===
In 2002, Neil Bush told the ''[[New York Post]]'' that he "endured his own [[Ritalin]] hell seven years ago when educators in a Houston private school diagnosed his son, Pierce, (then) 16, with [[Attention Deficit Disorder]] (ADD) and pushed medication."

In a September 26, 2002, episode of ''CNN Interview'',<ref>{{cite news| url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0209/26/cct.00.html | work=Connie Chung Tonight| title= TRANSCRIPT: Interview With Neil Bush; Interview With Magic Johnson| date=September 26, 2002  | publisher=CNN| access-date= April 10, 2016}}</ref> Bush told [[Connie Chung]]:

{{blockquote|You know, we have a knee-jerk reaction in this education system where, if the kid doesn't perform well, then the reaction is to try to assign a label. The label is followed by a drug. The drug allows the kid to sit cooperatively, to pay attention, to focus in school.}}

Bush decided "the educators were wrong" about his son. "There is a systemic problem in this country, where schools are often forcing parents to turn to Ritalin," he said. "It's obvious to me that we have a crisis."

Also that year, Bush testified before a hearing of the [[United States Congress]] to speak out against overmedicating children for learning disorders.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

He has suggested that many parents believe the ADD and [[ADHD]] diagnoses and subsequent medicating of their children because it explains why they aren't doing well in school, saying "it's the system that is failing to engage children in the classroom. My heart goes out to any parents who are being led to believe their kids have a disorder or are disabled."<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/2002/sept02/ritalin.shtml |title=Ritalin Roundup Continues |date= September 2002 |work=Education Reporter| publisher=[[Eagle Forum]] |location= New York City| access-date= April 10, 2016}}</ref>

Neil Bush (along with filmmaker [[Michael Moore]]) is credited in the cast of a 2005 documentary film, ''The Drugging of Our Children''<ref>{{cite web| url= http://imdb.com/title/tt0850665/ |title=The Drugging of Our Children (2005) (V)|website=IMDb}}</ref> directed by [[Gary Null]]. In the film's trailer<ref>[http://www.ostrowandcompany.com/film_detail.php?film=The%20Drugging%20Of%20Our%20Children ''The Drugging of Our Children'' Film Detail] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104105101/http://www.ostrowandcompany.com/film_detail.php?film=The%20Drugging%20Of%20Our%20Children |date=November 4, 2006 }} at Ostrow and Company</ref> Bush says: "Just because it is easy to drug a kid and get them to be compliant doesn't make it right to do it."

===Ted Cruz presidential campaign===
After his brother Jeb dropped out of the 2016 Republican presidential nomination race, Neil and his wife Maria signed on to the finance team of fellow Republican [[Ted Cruz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/08/politics/neil-bush-ted-cruz-finance/index.html|title=Neil Bush, Jeb's brother, joins Ted Cruz's finance team|first=Theodore |last=Schleifer|date=March 8, 2016|publisher=CNN}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bush was married to [[Sharon Bush|Sharon (née Smith) Bush]] (born May 19, 1952) for 23 years. The couple have three children: [[Lauren Bush|Lauren Bush Lauren]] (born June 25, 1984), Pierce Mallon Bush (born March 11, 1986) and Ashley Walker Bush (born February 7, 1989). The couple divorced in April 2003. Bush's divorce deposition gained public attention when he admitted to several sexual encounters in [[Thailand]] and Hong Kong.<ref name="WP-12-28-03" /><ref>{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/25/bush.brother.reut/ | publisher=CNN | title=Bush brother's divorce reveals sex romps | date=November 24, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/11/28/2003077560 |newspaper=Taipei Times |date=November 28, 2003 |title= Neil Bush tells of hotel trysts in Asia| agency=''The Guardian'' (New York)| access-date= April 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last= Harwood| first= Anthony| url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13175118_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-3-affairs-of-Bush-brother-name_page.html |title= Bush Brother's Three Affairs| work=Mirror| location=UK| date= July 14, 2003}}</ref> Sharon gained custody of their minor child Ashley, who for a while was estranged from her father.<ref name="Ward">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/04/sharon_bush200404|title=The Inconvenient Sharon Bush|last=Ward|first=Vicky|work=The Hive|access-date=9 September 2018}}</ref> In addition, Sharon kept their marital home after she collected enough money to pay off the mortgage.<ref name="Ward"/>

In 2004, Bush remarried in [[Houston]], Texas, to [[Mexican people|Mexican-born]] Maria (née Manass) Andrews,<ref>{{cite web| url=  http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2004/04/sharon_bush200404 |work= [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]| title= The Inconvenient Sharon Bush| first= Vicky |last= Ward| date= April 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title= The family of former first lady Barbara Bush  |newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)|Daily Herald]]|date= April 18, 2018|url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180418/news/304189992  |quote=He married Sharon Smith in 1980 and they divorced in 2003. They had three children, Lauren, Pierce and Ashley. In 2004, he married Maria Manass. }}</ref> a volunteer at the Houston literacy-foundation office of Bush's mother, Barbara. Robert Andrews, Andrews' ex-husband, sued Sharon Bush in September 2003 for [[defamation]] after she alleged that Neil Bush was the father of Andrews' two-year-old son.<ref name="WP-12-28-03" /> DNA testing showed that Andrews was the father, but the suit was dismissed in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Slander-suit-against-Sharon-Bush-dismissed-1944700.php|title=Slander suit against Sharon Bush dismissed|date=September 13, 2005|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2 December 2018}}</ref>

Bush's son Pierce was a candidate for the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections|2020]] from [[TX-22|Texas' 22nd district]], but finished third in a fifteen-way primary.<ref>Collier, Kiah. [https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/04/pierce-bush-texas-2020-primary-name-campaign/ Did Pierce Bush's family name doom his congressional run, or did his campaigning?], ''[[Texas Tribune]]'', ''[[Austin, Texas]]'' March 4, 2020.</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.tarpley.net/bush8.htm Excerpt from "George Bush—the unauthorized biography"]
*Wilmsen, Steven. ''Silverado: Neil Bush and the Savings and Loan Scandal'' ''National Press Books'', August 1991, {{ISBN|0-915765-89-6}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040603111726/http://www.ignitelearning.com/index.shtml Ignite! Learning Webpage]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050207123842/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Neil_Bush.php Neil Bush's political donations]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180823174039/https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officer-profile/SXTN.H/2383769 Neil Bush profile as non-executive Chairman of SingHaiyi Group Ltd.]

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