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Saul Phillip Steinberg (August 13, 1939 – December 7, 2012) [1] was an American businessman and financier. He became a millionaire before his 30th birthday and a billionaire before his 40th birthday. [ 2 ]
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As Leasco grew, Steinberg sought to diversify the company. In 1968 Leasco bought 91% of Reliance Insurance Company and its subsidiaries (Steinberg bought the balance of the company in the winter of 1981). A year later in 1969 Steinberg attempted to take over the $9 billion Chemical Bank, then one of the nation's largest financial institutions. [8]
Saul Steinberg (June 15, 1914, Rm. Sărat, Romania – May 12, 1999, New York City) [1] [2] was a Romanian-born American artist, best known for his work for The New Yorker, most notably View of the World from 9th Avenue. He described himself as "a writer who draws".
The illustration—humorously depicting New Yorkers' self-image of their place in the world, or perhaps outsiders' view of New Yorkers' self-image—inspired many similar works, including the poster for the 1984 film Moscow on the Hudson; that movie poster led to a lawsuit, Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., 663 F. Supp. 706 (S.D ...
John Jacob Astor IV (1864–1912) – businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, who was a passenger on the RMS Titanic and chose to remain on the ship when it sank [9] Vincent Astor (1891–1959) – businessman, philanthropist, and member of the prominent Astor family [10]
View of the World from 9th Avenue, an iconic cartoon by Saul Steinberg A View of the World , selected travel writings by Norman Lewis Topics referred to by the same term
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., 663 F. Supp. 706 (S.D.N.Y. 1987) was a federal case in which artist Saul Steinberg sued various parties involved with producing and promoting the 1984 movie Moscow on the Hudson, claiming that a promotional poster for the movie infringed his copyright in a magazine cover, View of the World from 9th Avenue, he ...