Jack Buncher

Jack Buncher (October 3, 1911 – December 4, 2001) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist.

Biography Buncher was born to a Russian Jewish immigrant family. In 1917, Harry, his father opened a scrap yard, the Liberty Scrap Co. at 3131 Liberty Avenue. In the 1950s, he developed the region's first industrial park in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania. Upon his death, he donated 100% of The Buncher Company stock to charity with 55% going to the Jack Buncher Foundation and 9% each to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Foundation, and the New York-based American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

Personal life Buncher was married three times. He had one child with his first wife, Renee: Bernita Lee Buncher and one child with second wife, Elaine: Stephen Buncher of Florida. His third wife was Joan. He died in Palm Beach, Florida at the age of 90. Buncher was known for being a tough negotiator and rarely sold the property he purchased: "Once you sell it, you don't have it anymore."