Grover Glenn Norquist is president of anti-tax lobbying group Americans for Tax Reform.

Norquist grew up in Weston, Massachusetts and has a BA and MBA from Harvard. After leaving professional school, Norquist became executive director of both the National Taxpayers Union and the national College Republicans.

Norquist founded Americans for Tax Reform in 1985, at the request of President Ronald Reagan, and has headed the organization ever since. From 1985 to 1988, Norquist was also an economic advisor to Angola UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi. During this period, he was registered with the United States Department of Justice as a foreign agent of Angola.

In addition to heading Americans for Tax Reform, Norquist is currently on the board of directors of the National Rifle Association and the American Conservative Union. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and chairman emeritus of the Islamic Free Market Institute.