David Sanford Gottesman was an American businessman and billionaire.
12 Facts About David Gottesman
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David Gottesman was a nephew of American pulp-paper merchant, financier, and philanthropist Samuel Gottesman.
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David Gottesman joined the US Army after high school and was first sent to Princeton University to study engineering, before being deployed to the South Pacific theater in 1945.
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David Gottesman then undertook postgraduate studies at Harvard Business School, graduating with a Master of Business Administration in 1950.
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David Gottesman later founded the investment advisory firm First Manhattan Co.
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The trio soon realized they made a "terrible mistake" with that acquisition and David Gottesman oversaw its reselling at only a minor loss.
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David Gottesman estimated that by 2012, they were worth 6,000 times their original value.
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David Gottesman joined the Berkshire Hathaway board of directors in 2003.
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In 2008, David Gottesman donated $25 million to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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David Gottesman has a bachelor's from Barnard College, and a master's degree in Developmental Education and an Ed.
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David Gottesman was an avid swimmer, and was a trustee of the Mount Sinai Medical Center and was Vice Chairman and trustee of the American Museum of Natural History.
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David Gottesman died at his home in Rye on September 28,2022, at the age of 96.