1. Sheldon Henry Solow was an American real estate developer and art collector who lived and worked in New York City.
15 Facts About Sheldon Solow
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Sheldon Solow's parents were Isaac, a bricklayer, and Jennie Brill, a homemaker.
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Sheldon Solow attended New York University to study engineering and architecture but dropped out in 1949.
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Sheldon Solow acquired his first property, a 72-family apartment building in Far Rockaway, in 1950 with a government-insured loan that his father arranged.
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Sheldon Solow afterwards developed a shopping center as well as homes on Long Island.
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Sheldon Solow established an office on Park Avenue in 1962 around the time that he was developing luxury apartments on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
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From 1965, Sheldon Solow began acquiring property on 57th Street, intending to develop a high-rise residence.
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Sheldon Solow was involved in many legal actions and lawsuits during his lifetime.
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Sheldon Solow had the largest individual loss from the Libor scandal in the US, estimated at $500 million.
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In 2012, Sheldon Solow attempted to sue Citi on the basis of securities fraud, but the case was dismissed.
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Sheldon Solow was married to the sculptor and jewelry designer Mia Fonssagrives-Sheldon Solow, the daughter of Lisa Fonssagrives, a Swedish model, and the French photographer, Fernand Fonssagrives.
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Sheldon Solow is ranked the 54th largest landowner in the United States.
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Sheldon Solow was an extensive collector of modernist and renaissance art.
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Sheldon Solow owned Young Man holding a Medallion by Botticelli as well as paintings by Balthus, Henri Matisse and Franz Kline, and sculptures by Alberto Giacometti.
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Sheldon Solow died from lymphoma at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York on November 17,2020, at the age of 92.