16 Facts About Buddy Fletcher

Buddy Fletcher, who is African American, sued Kidder Peabody for racial discrimination.

Buddy Fletcher has been involved in litigation centered on a dispute with the board of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.

Buddy Fletcher has two younger brothers, Todd, and Geoffrey, a screenwriter, film director and Academy Award winner.

Buddy Fletcher was elected first marshall of the 1987 class.

Buddy Fletcher earned a master's degree in environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in 2004.

Buddy Fletcher was recruited to Kidder Peabody as a trader in the equity trading group.

In 1994, Buddy Fletcher surrendered his broker-dealer registration and became a registered investment adviser, which made managing money more convenient.

In 1991, after working as an equity trader at Kidder Peabody, Buddy Fletcher filed a lawsuit in New York state court for employment racial discrimination.

In February 2011, Buddy Fletcher filed a lawsuit against the Board of Directors of The Dakota co-op building in Manhattan, where he had lived since 1992 and owned four apartments.

In March 2010, Buddy Fletcher had signed a contract to purchase a fifth apartment at The Dakota, intending to combine it with his current home.

The Dakota's board said that it rejected Buddy Fletcher's application based on the financial materials he provided in his application.

In 1993, following the death of friend and advisor Reginald Lewis, Fletcher donated $1 million to the Reginald F Lewis Memorial Endowment.

In 2004, Buddy Fletcher created the Alphonse Buddy Fletcher University Professor Fellowship program to financially support professors working to improve race relations at Harvard.

Buddy Fletcher denied the accusation, and they later reached a confidential settlement.

In December 2007, Buddy Fletcher married Ellen Pao, then a junior partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, in San Francisco.

Buddy Fletcher owns homes in The Dakota in New York City.