Jared Polis

Jared Schutz Polis (; born May 12, 1975) is an American politician, entrepreneur and philanthropist serving as the 43rd governor of Colorado since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served on the Colorado State Board of Education from 2001 to 2007 and was the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district from 2009 to 2019. Polis was elected governor of Colorado in 2018, defeating Republican nominee Walker Stapleton. Polis is the first openly gay person and second openly LGBT person (after Kate Brown of Oregon) to be elected governor in the United States. He is also the first Jew to be elected governor of Colorado. During his tenure in Congress, he was among its wealthiest members, with a personal net worth estimated at over $300 million.