Woody Johnson Businaessman - Born 12 April 1947

Birth Name Robert Wood Johnson IV

Mini Bio (1) Woody Johnson has been married to Suzanne Ircha Johnson since June 4, 2009. They have two children.

Spouse Suzanne Ircha Johnson (4 June 2009 - present) 2 children M1. Robert Wood Johnson V (24 March 2006) M2. Jack Wood Johnson (13 Oct 2008)

Spouse Nancy Sale Johnson (1977 - 2002) divorced 3 children F1. Sale Trotter Case Johnson (aka Casey Johnson) (24 Sep 1979 - 4 Jan 2010) F2. Jamie Johnson (1982) F3. Daisy Johnson (1987)

Owner of the New York Jets football team, 2000 - present.

Father of Casey Johnson.

Uncle of Jamie Johnson and Jordan Johnson.

He was nominated for the 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Enterprise category.

Organized a fundraiser in New York City that generated $7 million for John McCain for his Presidential election campaign[May 2008].

Named U.S. ambassador to the U.K by President Donald Trump.[June 2017].

He was nominated for the New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Enterprise category.

Robert Wood Johnson IV (born April 12, 1947) is an American businessman who was United States ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021. He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I, and a billionaire heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. In 2000, Johnson purchased the New York Jets, a franchise of the National Football League; Johnson remains the co-owner of the Jets, along with his brother, Christopher, who is vice-chairman.

A longtime Republican Party donor, Johnson was a supporter of Donald Trump's presidential campaigns. He was appointed by Trump to the post of United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Britain’s exit from the EU and the relocation of the United States embassy in London occurred during his tenure.

Early life, family, and education Johnson is heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune, which was founded by his great-grandfather, Robert Wood Johnson I. Johnson was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, the son of Betty (Wold) and Robert Wood Johnson III, who was president of Johnson & Johnson for four years. Johnson grew up with four siblings, Keith Johnson, Billy Johnson, Elizabeth "Libet" Johnson, and Christopher Wold Johnson, in northern New Jersey, and attended the Millbrook School. Johnson worked summer jobs at Johnson & Johnson.

Johnson graduated from the University of Arizona.

Personal life In 1977, Johnson married former fashion model Nancy Sale Johnson. They had three children before divorcing in 2001. In early 2010, daughter Casey Johnson died of diabetic ketoacidosis. He started a research foundation, the Alliance for Lupus Research, after his daughter Jaime was found to have lupus.

In 2009, Johnson married Suzanne Ircha Johnson, a former actress and equities managing director at Sandler O'Neill & Partners. They have two children. Suzanne's father emigrated from Ternopil, Ukraine after World War II, and her mother was a first-generation Ukrainian American. She grew up in a Ukrainian neighbourhood in Greenwich Village.

Johnson has homes in Bedminster Township, New Jersey, and Manhattan, New York City. Johnson has resided in Palm Beach, Florida, since 2020.