John Parke Wright

About John Parke Wright

John Parke Wright IV is a 6th generation Floridian whose ancestors pioneered trade between, Scotland, Spain, Cuba and the United States from the 1850’s onwards. He is one of the great-great grandsons of Dr. H.T. Lykes, who, with Captain James McKay established the trade of cattle and general cargo from Tampa to Havana. This trade flourished and led to the formation of the Lykes Bros. Steamship Company which expanded to all of the other U.S. Gulf ports and around the world. It also created business opportunities for various Lykes activities over the past 100 years ranging from cattle, citrus, shipping, banking, insurance, real estate and energy resources to steel production and defense. Mr. Wright served on the Lykes Board of Directors from 1971 to 1983. Between 1972 and 1981, Mr. Wright was with Jardine, Matheson & Company of Hong Kong and China and is credited with re-opening shipping for Lykes Lines and trade between the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China. In 1981 he returned to the U. S. to join Lykes Bros. Inc. of Tampa as Vice President for Corporate Planning. He also became Chairman of the Northeast Bank of Clearwater at the time, one of several banks that became the then First Florida Bank Group, and now Bank of America.From 19••••02, Mr. Wright served as The Florida Representative of Rockefeller & Co, Inc, serving high net wealth families and philanthropy.Today in Saudi Arabia, Parke Wright is Managing Director of the Royal Palm Group, which is an investment company engaged in joint ventures in the industrial and agricultural sectors. The Royal Palm Group is also partnered with Fahad Abunayyan Group, also active in business development in the construction, oil & gas and water drilling, marketing and new business development. J.P. Wright & Company, Inc, is the United States Agent for the Riyadh Exhibitions Co. Ltd, and is organizing the Saudi Construction Exhibition and Saudi Agriculture and Agro Food Convention, being held in Riyadh, in the fall of 2019.He is a graduate of the University of Florida and the University of South Florida, with a degree in Philosophy and Chinese Studies. Mr. Wright works on a number of philanthropic efforts to build economic prosperity, conservation and world peace.

Experience

1. Senior Advisor - International

   Cea Group

   Jan 2010 — Present · Tampa, FL, US

Education

• University of Florida , University of South Florida

  Chinese studies , Pholosophy