Jack Dreyfus is widely publicized for being the man who "invented" the commonplace mutual fund through direct marketing to the public.
11 Facts About Jack Dreyfus
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Jack Dreyfus married in 1939 Joan Personette, from whom he was divorced; they had one child, John.
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Jack Dreyfus's paternal grandfather was a first cousin of Alfred Dreyfus, the protagonist of the French 19th-century anti-Semitic scandal known as the Dreyfus affair.
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Jack Dreyfus authored a book titled A Remarkable Medicine Has Been Overlooked which he published and distributed with his own money and had the book sent for free to hundreds of doctors.
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Jack Dreyfus was a proponent of Phenytoin all his life and he had his autobiography bound together with his previous work, A Remarkable Medicine Has Been Overlooked.
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Jack Dreyfus established the noted Hobeau Farm in Ocala, Florida, in the early 1960s where he bred, trained and raced Thoroughbred racehorses.
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In 1962, Jack Dreyfus hired Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer Allen Jerkens as head trainer.
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Jack Dreyfus sold the property in February 2005 for $12,750,000.
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Jack Dreyfus was Chairman of the New York Racing Association.
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Jack Dreyfus was voted the 1976 Eclipse Award of Merit, Thoroughbred racing's highest honor presented to an individual or entity displaying outstanding lifetime achievement in, and service to, the Thoroughbred industry.
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Hobeau Farm would continue to see success until Jack Dreyfus' passing and onwards.