26 Facts About Isaac Perlmutter

Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter is an Israeli-American billionaire businessman and financier.

Isaac Perlmutter is the former chairman and CEO of Marvel Entertainment.

Isaac Perlmutter has a political relationship with Donald Trump, and acted as an unofficial advisor in his presidential administration, overseeing the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Isaac Perlmutter was born to a Jewish family in the British Mandate of Palestine, which became the State of Israel during his childhood.

Isaac Perlmutter served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Six-Day War of 1967.

Isaac Perlmutter emigrated to America, arriving in New York City with only $250, and he earned a living standing outside Jewish cemeteries in Brooklyn, leveraging his Hebrew skills to lead funeral services for tips.

Isaac Perlmutter soon challenged Revco management for control of the company but, after initial positive feedback, was rejected.

Isaac Perlmutter had a close relationship with the management of toy manufacturer Coleco Entertainment Corporation as he had been purchasing unsold inventory from them for some time.

Over a four-year period, Isaac Perlmutter had received $144 million in goods and paid $73 million in cash along with providing $71 million in barter advertising credits to be paid in the future.

Isaac Perlmutter bought all of Coleco's senior debt for $50 million, a substantial discount, becoming senior to their bondholders in the event of a bankruptcy.

Kiam and Isaac Perlmutter sold Remington to Vestar Capital Partners in 1996.

Isaac Perlmutter was a member of the board of directors of Marvel Comics beginning in April 1993 and was chairman of the board until March 1995.

Isaac Perlmutter was co-owner with Avi Arad of Toy Biz, after purchasing its predecessor company from Charan Industries in January 1990.

Toy Biz was reorganized in the Marvel deal, with Isaac Perlmutter continuing to own the original Toy Biz as a holding company named Zib, which held its foreign sales affiliate Toy Biz International and Isaac Perlmutter's share of the new Toy Biz.

Isaac Perlmutter became the chief executive officer of Marvel Comics in January 2005.

Isaac Perlmutter remained CEO of Marvel Entertainment, after its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company in December 2009.

In September 2015, Isaac Perlmutter stopped overseeing the development of Marvel Studios.

In March 2023, Isaac Perlmutter was laid off from his position running Marvel Entertainment, as part of a restructuring to fold the division's operations into Disney proper.

Isaac and Laura Perlmutter are major contributors to NYU Langone Medical Center.

Issac and Laura Isaac Perlmutter are supporters and contributors to The Innocence Project which exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

In 2015, Laura Isaac Perlmutter donated $2 million to a Super-PAC supporting the presidential candidacy of Sen.

In January 2016, according to Donald Trump, Isaac Perlmutter intended to donate $1 million to the presidential candidate's wounded veterans initiative at Drake University.

On June 30,2016, Laura Isaac Perlmutter donated $449,400 to a PAC supporting Donald Trump, and later was part of Trump's Inauguration committee.

Isaac Perlmutter was named among the three, collective known as the Mar-a-Lago Crowd.

Early in his career, Perlmutter met his wife Laura J Perlmutter at a Catskills resort and they married soon after.

Isaac Perlmutter has taken great pride in never having given an interview over his entire career despite being in the public eye due to his many court battles and bankruptcy fights.