Belle Linsky

Belle Linsky (1904–1987) was a businesswoman and philanthropist who was a Swingline Inc. executive with her husband, Swingline's president Jack Linsky. In 1982, she donated much of her art collection, valued at $90 million, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Life Belle Linsky was born in Kiev in 1904, and came to the United States as a child. With her husband she owned 19 percent of the stock of the Swingline corporation, based in New York City at the time, which they sold to American Brands Inc. in 1970 for $210 million. She was treasurer of Swingline at the time of the sale and Jack Linsky was inventor, president, and chairman. Jack Linsky and Belle Linsky had a daughter named Muriel. She died in New York on Monday, September 28, 1987. Most of the art collected by Belle Linsky is housed in the 3,980 square-foot Jack and Belle Linsky Galleries at the museum.

At a point in time, Belle Linsky had the largest Fabergé egg collection in America.