Alan Horwitz was born on January 16,1944 and is an American businessman and the founder and chairman of Campus Apartments, a student housing company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
26 Facts About Alan Horwitz
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Alan Horwitz founded Campus Apartments in 1958 after seeing a lack of affordable housing on the University of Pennsylvania's campus.
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Alan Horwitz purchased properties around Penn's campus and built quality and affordable housing for students and later university faculty and young people in the workforce.
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Alan Horwitz was able to capture the student housing market as he took advantage of the lack of competition in the business and because of the undeveloped area surrounding the campus.
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Alan Horwitz invested those $2,000 in off-campus student housing near Penn.
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Alan Horwitz is one of the most recognized NBA superfans and has been nicknamed the "Sixth Man" of the Philadelphia 76ers and the "Sixers Jack Nicholson".
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Alan Horwitz has attended 76ers games since the 1960s when the team played at the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center and has been a season ticket holder for more than 60 years.
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Alan Horwitz notably kneels courtside during the games and has trademark handshakes with many current and former 76ers including Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Jimmy Butler, Justin Anderson, Lou Williams and Elton Brand.
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Alan Horwitz is still friends with many former 76ers players including Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner.
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Alan Horwitz is close with Joel Embiid's family including Embiid's father and sister.
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Alan Horwitz was invited by Embiid to attend the 2018 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles, California with Embiid's father and sister.
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Alan Horwitz has been in multiple altercations throughout his time sitting courtside.
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Alan Horwitz sat in the press box with then Sixers' CEO, Adam Aron for the remainder of the game.
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Alan Horwitz attended both Game 1 and 2 of the series in Toronto, Canada and would stand up and shake a 76ers banner after every point scored by the team.
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In Game 2, Alan Horwitz got into a shouting match with Canadian rapper and Raptors fan, Drake.
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Alan Horwitz was described as "vociferous" by Mark Jones who was announcing the game.
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On March 7,2022, Alan Horwitz was involved in an incident where he was apparently snubbed by 76ers shooting guard James Harden during a game against the Chicago Bulls.
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Harden, who was stretching near the scorers' table during halftime, was approached by Alan Horwitz, who tried talking to him.
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However, Harden appeared to ignore Alan Horwitz and walk towards the team huddle.
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The incident lead some in the media to question whether Alan Horwitz had gone too far in his role as the "Sixth Man".
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In 2018, Alan Horwitz donated $2 million to help build the Alan Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.
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On January 21,2020, it was announced that Alan Horwitz was elected to the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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Alan Horwitz has been good friends with former Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame catcher, Johnny Bench since 1967.
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Alan Horwitz purchased more than $1 million of Bench's memorabilia and returned it to him in 2020.
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In 2021, it was announced that Alan Horwitz would donate $5 million to Philadelphia Youth Basketball to help construct a new $25 million, 100,000 square-foot facility in Philadelphia for the region's youth.
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Alan Horwitz is involved in other local Philadelphia charities including the Sixers Youth Foundation, Simon's Heart, Learn Fresh, and Philadelphia Youth Basketball.