Robert W. “Woody” Johnson is an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and, since 2000, owner of the New York Jets. (Mel Evans/AP)President-elect Donald Trump has selected billionaire New York Jets owner and top GOP donor Robert W. “Woody” Johnson to be the next U.S. ambassador to Britain. Trump introduced Johnson at a luncheon for future Cabinet members and others Thursday as “the ambassador, Woody Johnson, going to Saint James,” a reference to the formal title of Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James’s. He also was a top fundraiser for Republican presidential nominees Mitt Romney, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and George W. Bush. Johnson is a scion of the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical business, a philanthropist and since 2000 the owner of the Jets.

Source: Washington Post January 19, 2017 23:25 UTC