The former Massachusetts governor and runner-up for the 2008 Republican presidential ticket is poised to seize his party’s 2012 nomination for the White House. TIME looks at his vibrant family life, business career and political trials.
The Rich History of Mitt Romney
Courtesy of the Romney Family
Willard Mitt Romney as an infant in an undated picture. Romney, the youngest son of George and Lenore Romney, was born in Detroit on March 12, 1947.