Herman Cain was an American businessman and activist for the Tea Party movement within the Republican Party. In May 2011, Cain announced his 2012 presidential candidacy. In November, however, his campaign faced allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied. He announced the suspension of his campaign on December 3, but remained involved in politics. In the 2020 election cycle, Cain was a co-chairman of Black Voices for Trump.
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Herman Cain was an American businessman and activist for the Tea Party movement within the Republican Party. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Cain grew up in Georgia and graduated from Morehouse College with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. In 1977, he joined the Pillsbury Company where he later became vice president. In May 2011, Cain announced his 2012 presidential candidacy. By the fall, his proposed 9–9–9 tax plan and debating performances had made him a serious contender for the Republican nomination. In November, however, his campaign faced allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied. He announced the suspension of his campaign on December 3, but remained involved in politics. In the 2020 election cycle, Cain was a co-chairman of Black Voices for Trump. Cain died from COVID-19 on July 30, 2020, at the age of 74. He is survived by his wife, Susan, and their two children, Kaitlin and Ryan. He leaves behind a wife and a son, Ryan, who worked for the U.S. Department of the Navy as a ballistics analyst in the 1970s and 1980s. He also leaves a daughter, Katelyn, who works for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Cain is buried in a plot of land he bought with his wife in suburban Atlanta, where he lived in the 1980s and 1990s with his two sons, Ryan and Ryan Cain, and his daughter-in-law, Lauren Cain. He was buried next to his mother, Susan Cain, who died of lung cancer in 2010, aged 74.
Cain was buried alongside his wife and three children, Ryan Cain and Kaitlyn Cain, both of whom worked for Pillsburys, and her husband, Robert Cain, Jr., who was a vice president of Pillsburgers. Cain’s father worked three jobs to own his own home. Cain said that as he was growing up, his family was poor but happy. Cain related that his mother taught him about her belief that success was not a function of what you start out with materially, but what you started out with spiritually. He said, ‘I’m no dead, and this ain’t April Fool’s joke. Our objective is to prove to everyone else that we are not dead and we will survive’ Cain was chairman and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, in which capacity he served from 1986 to 1996. In 1988, Cain leveraged a leveraged buyout to buy out the Omaha branch of the Godfathers Pizza group of investors. In 1989, Cain served as chairman of the board of investors of the Omaha Biltmore Bank. In 1996, he served as a senior economic adviser to Bob Dole’s presidential campaign. From 1996 to 1999, Cain serving as president and CEO. of the National Restaurant Association. In 1999, he was chairman of The Restaurant Association’s board of directors. Cain also served as president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) from 1998 to 2000.
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