Dee Margo

Donald "Dee" Margo (born February 4, 1952) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 51st mayor of El Paso, Texas from 2017 to 2021.

He accepted a football scholarship to Vanderbilt University and graduated in 1974 with a degree in history and economics.

[1] Margo moved to El Paso in 1977 from Nashville, Tennessee to join his father-in-law's insurance business, John D. Williams Company.

In February 1981, six days after Margo’s 29th birthday, his father-in-law suffered a fatal heart attack.

[2] In 2005, Margo was named chairman of the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce and in 2012 sold his company to HUB International.