Larson

Michael Larson

Director

Michael Larson has been on Republic’s board of directors since October 2009. He is Chief Investment Officer for William H. Gates III and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, where he has worked since 1994. He sits on the boards of directors of Ecolab Inc., and Fomento Económico Mexicano, and also serves as chairman of the board of trustees of two Western Asset Management funds.

Mr. Larson graduated from Claremont McKenna College and earned his MBA from the University of Chicago.