About Arthur Altschul
Lived 1920 – 2002 (aged 81). Arthur Altschul was an American businessperson.
Arthur Goodhart Altschul (April 6, 1920 – March 17, 2002) was an American banker and a Goldman Sachs Group partner, and executive at his private family office, Overbrook Management Corporation, founded by his father. He graduated from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and in 1943 from Yale College.
Career He served in the Marines from 1943 through 1945 and was a reporter for The New York Times in the late 1940s.
He worked as an analyst with Lehman Brothers, then joined General American Investors Company and then Goldman Sachs where he served as a general partner from 1959 to 1977 and a limited partner from 1977 to 1999. He was also chairman of General American Investors from 1961 to 1995.
He led the private family office, Overbrook Management Corporation, founded by his father to manage and protect the wealth and financial well-being of the Altschul Family. In 2002, the office opened to provide asset management and related services to institutional investors and high net worth individuals. Over the years, Overbrook's leadership passed to him, and then to the third generation, his son, Arthur Goodhart Altschul, Jr, who currently serves as Overbrook's Chairman.
Philanthropy Altschul was on the Board of Trustees of many museums and philanthropic organisations, including the Whitney Museum, the United Jewish Appeal, the Overbrook Foundation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American Assembly, Stephen Altschul (born 1957), a mathematician and researcher. Charles Altschul (born 1958). Siri von Reis (married 1963; divorced 1972), a botanist. They had three children: Arthur Altschul, Jr. (born 1964), married 2013-2016 to Rula Jebreal. Emily Helen Altschul (born 1966), in November 2002 married John Miller, a journalist and former host of 20/20, a weekly news magazine on ABC. Serena Altschul (born 1970), has worked as a broadcast journalist for the MTV, CNN and CBS networks. Diana Landreth Childs (marriage ended by divorce). Patricia Dey (married 1996).
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Who was Arthur Altschul?
American banking mogul and a Goldman Sachs Group partner
When was Arthur Altschul born?
Arthur Altschul was born on 6 April 1920 in Manhattan.
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Arthur Altschul died on 17 March 2002 in New York City.
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Arthur Altschul was a businessperson.
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Arthur Altschul was American.
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