Mortimer Zuckerman (original) (raw)
- Real estate icon Mortimer Zuckerman stepped down as chairman of Boston Properties in 2016 after nearly five decades running the REIT.
- The son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants who settled in Montreal and sold tobacco and candy, Zuckerman founded Boston Properties in 1970.
- Zuckerman became a U.S. citizen in 1977 and took Boston Properties public two decades later.
- He still owns roughly 5% of the public company, which operates a diverse portfolio of primarily office space totaling over 50 million square feet.
- He sold The New York Daily News in 2017 after owning it for 24 years. He is still editor-in-chief, co-publisher and owner of U.S. News & World Report.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
Age
87
Source of Wealth
Real estate, media, Self Made
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Residence
New York, New York
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Divorced
Children
2
Education
LLM, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, McGill University; Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
Did you know
In October 2016, Columbia University announced the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute; he pledged $200 million in 2012 to fund it.
Zuckerman has invested in communal workspace giant WeWork.
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