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Name

David Gottesman

Primary Residence

Rye, New York

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Trinity College Connecticut | Master of Business Administration, Harvard University

Citizenship

United States

Affiliated Companies

First Manhattan Co.

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

investments, Self Made

Net Worth

$2,400,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/david-gottesman8

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

1008

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#1008 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#344 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Summary

David "Sandy" Gottesman's fortune mostly comes from his early investment in Berkshire Hathaway, on whose board he sits. A Harvard Business School graduate, Gottesman co-founded the investment firm First Manhattan Co., which was an early investor in Berkshire Hathaway.The firm now has over $20 billion in assets under management.Gottesman is partly funding the $200 million National Library of Israel project in Jerusalem that is slated to open in 2020.

Did you know?

Gottesman is vice chairman and a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History and a trustee of Mount Sinai Medical Center.Gottesman met Warren Buffett in 1962 and they have been friends ever since.

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Number of Children

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gottesman