Maurice Kanbar was an American entrepreneur and inventor who lived in San Francisco, California.
15 Facts About Maurice Kanbar
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Maurice Kanbar was particularly well known for his creation of SKYY vodka and was noted for his extensive real estate investments.
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Maurice Kanbar's family emigrated from Jerusalem to New York in 1937.
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Maurice Kanbar is a 1952 alumnus of Philadelphia Textile Institute.
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Maurice Kanbar had stated he owns 50 patents on various consumer and medical products, invented the D-Fuzz-It comb for sweaters, Tangoes Puzzle Game, the Safetyglide hypodermic needle protector SooFoo, Zip Notes, and a cryogenic cataract remover.
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Maurice Kanbar created New York's first multiplex cinema, the Quad Cinema, which was the first movie theater in Manhattan to have four small auditoriums in one building.
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Maurice Kanbar owned over 17 acres of commercial property in West Oakland, California, including the American Steel Building, home to more than 150 artists, makers and small businesses, and the historic Pacific Pipe building, both purchased by 11 West Partners in late 2016.
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Maurice Kanbar owned nearly 20 commercial high-rise buildings in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, including the Bank of America Center, the art-deco inspired Philcade Building, Pythian Building, Atlas Life Building and Adams Building and the 41-story First Place Tower.
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At one point Maurice Kanbar's company was reported to have owned as much as one-third of all available office space in downtown Tulsa although these properties were subsequently sold.
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In 2017, Maurice Kanbar sold a portfolio of at least 13 Tulsa buildings to his operating partner, Stuart Price.
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Maurice Kanbar was a 1952 graduate of Philadelphia University, where he studied materials science.
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Maurice Kanbar, who was Jewish, had given millions of dollars to various Israeli charities as well.
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Maurice Kanbar owned and lived in an eight-story residential tower in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco; he received attention for his 1999 decision to evict his tenants in order to become the sole occupant of the building.
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Maurice Kanbar has received honorary degrees from Philadelphia University, Kenyon College, Bar-Ilan University, and Yeshiva University.
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Maurice Kanbar died on August 20,2022, at his home in San Francisco at the age of 93 and was survived by his brother Elliott.