Phil Noble | |
Birth Date: | 17 May 1951 |
Birth Place: | Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Education: | Presbyterian College Jacksonville State University Birmingham-Southern College Stockholm University |
Phil Noble Jr. (born May 17, 1951, Greenville, South Carolina) is an American entrepreneur and speaker in technology and the civic sector.
Growing up in Anniston, Alabama, Noble's father, J. Phillips Noble, a Presbyterian minister, was involved in the civil rights movement during Gov. George Wallace’s tenure as Alabama governor. FBI files indicate Noble's father was a top target of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan.[1]
After graduating from Tennessee Military Institute in 1969, Noble attended several colleges and universities, graduating from Birmingham-Southern College in 1974.
For his work, in 2001, Noble was chosen as a Resident Fellow of the Harvard Institute of Politics of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[2]
Noble was a Democratic candidate in the 2018 South Carolina Gubernatorial Election.[3] He chose Gloria Bromell Tinubu as his running mate.[4] James Smith ultimately won the Democratic Nomination.[5]