Jared Polis — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

43rd Governor of Colorado, serving since 2019 and reelected in 2022.
Co-founded bluemountain.com, an electronic greeting card website, sold for $430 million in stock and $350 million in cash in 1999.
Founded ProFlowers (later Provide Commerce, Inc.), an online florist, in 1998.
Served five terms as the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district from 2009 to 2019.
Served one term on the Colorado State Board of Education from 2001 to 2007.
Graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in politics in 1996.

Biography

Jared Schutz Polis is the 43rd Governor of Colorado, serving since 2019 and reelected in 2022. He has made history several times through his electoral success, becoming the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a non-incumbent in 2008, the first openly gay parent in Congress in 2011, and the first openly gay man elected governor of a U.S. state in 2018.