 john prescott ellis (born february 3, 1953), formerly an american journalist and media consultant, and now a partner in the venture-capital firm sand hills partners. he is a nephew of former president of the united states george h. w. bush and a first cousin of former president george w. bush and the former governor of florida john ellis "jeb" bush. ==family background== ellis's father was alexander (sandy) ellis, an insurance executive in boston, who studied at yale university. his mother is nancy walker bush ellis, a sister of former president george h. w. bush. both alexander ellis and george bush were members of skull and bones at yale. ellis is married to susan smith ellis, the ceo of (red). ==education== ellis grew up in concord, massachusetts and attended milton academy high school, he later went to yale university. he was an appleman fellow at the shorenstein center at harvard university. ==career== in 1978, ellis started working for nbc as a consultant. he then worked on his uncle george h. w. bush's presidential campaign in 1979, and later returned to nbc, where he worked for the elections unit. in the late 1990s he took a position with fox news channel. after ten years he changed his job and became a consultant and op-ed columnist for the boston globe. from 2002&ndash;2004, ellis served as a senior fellow at the combating terrorism center at west point. in recognition of his work on behalf of the department of defense, he was awarded the distinguished civilian service award&nbsp;â the us military's highest civilian honor&nbsp;â by president george w. bush in january 2005. in the last few years ellis has worked in investment banking and is a partner in kerr creek partners, and also is a contributing columnist to real clear politics. ===election night 2000=== during the night of the 2000 u.s. presidential election ellis was working as a consultant for fox news, where he analyzed data from the voter news service. ac
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