11 Facts About Martin Selig

Martin Selig is a Holocaust survivor, having been able to go into hiding from the Nazis and then immigrate with his family to the US.

Martin Selig was born to a Jewish family in Germany, the son of Manfred Selig, who was born in Buchen, Germany, the son of a horse trader.

Martin Selig worked for his father in his children's clothing store before building his first shopping center in 1962.

Martin Selig was the developer for the Columbia Center in 1985, still the city's tallest building, and sold it in 1989 for $354 million.

Martin Selig bought the building in a government auction for $16 million earlier in 2015.

Martin Selig defaulted on another loan, of $240 million, according to documents filed on November 15,2024.

Martin Selig is an art collector, paints himself, and owns works by Rembrandt and Toulouse-Lautrec.

Martin Selig was married to Andrea Selig; they divorced in 1995.

Martin Selig's daughter, Lauren Selig, a Hollywood executive producer, is the widow of Russian-born American Kyril Faenov, head of Microsoft's High Performance Computing Lab, who died by suicide in 2012.

Martin Selig endorsed and planned a fundraiser for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, but later withdrew his support.

Martin Selig later contributed $50,000 to Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.