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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 ]
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]
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]
Steinberg claimed that during negotiations, Maxwell falsely stated that a subsidiary responsible for publishing encyclopedias was extremely profitable. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] At the same time, Pergamon had been forced to reduce its profit forecasts for 1969 from £2.5 million to £2.05 million during the period of negotiations, and dealing in Pergamon ...
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".
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Teri Karush Roger of The New York Times stated "The book, which took Mr. Gross a year and a half to research and write, is meant to "trace the broad strokes of who is making the most money in the country at any point in the last 100 years," he said, "and who is using it in essence to show off, which is ultimately what apartments at 740 have become". [2]