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American business executive

For other people with the same name, see Kiliaen van Rensselaer (disambiguation).

Kiliaen Drackett Van Rensselaer (born c. 1970) is an American business executive and philanthropist. Van Rensselaer is the founder and CEO of Insurrection Media. He is a member of the prominent Van Rensselaer family.

Early life

Kiliaen Drackett Van Rensselaer was born in 1970, the second son of Alexander Taylor Van Rensselaer (b. 1934) and Sallie Bolton Van Rensselaer (néeDrackett). He had an older brother, Alexander Rogers Van Rensselaer (1968-2003), who was an artist and visionary, and died only aged 35 in Marina del Rey, California. His parents ran gourmet food retail stores called "Hay Day," which was eventfully bought in 1999 by Sutton Place Gourmet and re-branded as Balducci's.

He attended Fairfield Country Day School, an all boys school in Fairfield, Connecticut, followed by St. George's School, in Middletown, Rhode Island Van Rensselaer was an American history major at Trinity College.

Career

Van Rensselaer began his career holding various marketing roles including brand manager at Colgate-Palmolive and the H.J. Heinz Company, and vice president of marketing at Tickets.com, a start-up that became publicly traded B2B and B2C ticketing solutions and software provider for live events. It was under Van Rensselaer's leadership that Tickets.com formed a strategic alliance with Visa USA, rolling out integrated marketing programs that encouraged Visa cardholders to take advantage of the comprehensive offering of live events available through Tickets.com’s multi-channel distribution system.

AT&T Mobility

Van Rensselaer served as executive director of national marketing at AT&T Mobility (formerly known as Cingular Wireless), responsible for cust

Each region of the nation has its own distinctive history and identity. The New York’s Capital Region—consisting of Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, and Saratoga Counties—is no different. But what best identifies the region? What events, objects, people, and ideas have contributed to its character and uniqueness?

To learn the answers, we presented these questions to the numerous museums, historical organizations, libraries, and residents of the Capital Region. The fifty objects that were ultimately selected present an exciting history of the Capital Region, including well-known favorites but also unexpected surprises. Some of the fifty objects characterize very broad topics like the textile industry and the Hudson River School of art, while others embody large populations of people who shaped the character of the region, such as the Dutch and the Iroquois. Many objects represent specific people or events, such as writer William Kennedy and the Battle of Saratoga. In some instances, the objects represent themselves, like the GE Monitor Top refrigerator and Albany’s beloved Nipper statue. A complementary image accompanies each of the fifty objects, providing context and additional information.

Overall, the fifty objects clearly demonstrate that this narrowly circumscribed part of New York State has played an astonishing role in shaping the history of the nation and, in several instances, the world beyond the confines of our national borders.

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Stefan Bielinski

Killiaen Van Rensselaer was the Dutch entrepreneur who secured the grant for the Manor of Rensselaerswyck and who was the driving force in its settlement until his death in 1642 or '43.

While acknowledging his primal influence, because he died prior to Albany's founding, never came to America, and never lived in the city of Albany, we must leave the focused study of his life to others.

However, four of his sons including domine Nicholas and the young Richard) from his second marriage to Anna Wely emigrated to America and played prominent roles in the settlement of Albany and its environs. His descendants in America are the progeny of his son Jeremias.

At least four individuals named "Kiliaen Van Rensselaer" actually lived in the city of Albany during its formative years. However, by definition, we will have the least to say about this most important Van Rensselaer.

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first posted: 4/16/09; revised 9/30/10

American soldier and politician (1717–1781)

Colonel Kiliaen van Rensselaer (December 27, 1717 – December 28, 1781) was a colonial American soldier and politician who was a member of the prominent Van Rensselaer family.

Early life

Kiliaen was born on December 27, 1717, around Albany in the Province of New York. He was the youngest of eleven children born to Hendrick van Rensselaer of Fort Crailo by Catharina (née Van Brugh) Van Rensselaer. Among his older siblings were Johannes Van Rensselaer. His father was director of the Eastern patent of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck which covered roughly 62,000 acres of land in what is now Columbia County.

His paternal grandparents were Maria van Cortlandt van Rensselaer (sister of New York City mayorsStephanus and Jacobus Van Cortlandt) and Jeremias van Rensselaer, the acting Patroon of Rensselaerswyck from 1658 to 1674 (who was a son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, one of the founders and directors of the Dutch West India Company). Among his nephews were Brig. Gen. Robert Van Rensselaer. In describing the Van Rensselaer family, historian author William L. Stone stated: "They consisted of eighteen males in 1776. During the war every adult, except two old men, and all minors, except four boys, bore arms in one or more battles during the Revolutionary struggle." George W. Schuyler later wrote in his Colonial New York, "... of the eighteen males, sixteen belonged to Hendrick Van Rensselaer's branch, and of these, five were of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer's family." His maternal grandparents were the former Catharine Roeloffe Jans and merchant Johannes Pieterse Van Brugh. His uncle, Pieter Van Brugh, served as the mayor of Albany from 1699 to 1700 and from 1721 to 1723.

Career

Van Rensselaer was a gentleman farmer and landlord. Through inheritances and marriages, he received additional landholdings on the east side of the Hudson River.