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
The Romneys at home on Balmoral Drive in Palmer Park, Mich., in 1952. Mitt's family moved from urban Detroit to the suburb of Bloomfield Hills when he was 5.