Melvin T. Tukman

Melvin T. Tukman is an American asset manager, investor and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and president of Tukman Grossman Capital Management, an investment firm based in Larkspur, California. He has managed capital for the International Monetary Fund and Stanford University. He is a large donor to the Harvard Business School.

Early life Melvin Theodore Tukman graduated from Hunter College, where he received a bachelor of arts degree. He received a master in business administration from the Harvard Business School in 1966.

Career Tukman began his career as an investment manager in 1971. Their initial investment was US$11 million. Some of its investments included shareholdings in Ralston Purina, Anheuser-Busch and GEICO.

Philanthropy Tukman has made charitable donations to his alma mater, the Harvard Business School. They have also donated to New Leaders.

Personal life Tukman has a wife, Lois, who formerly served on the board of trustees of The Branson School. They summer in Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard, where they have owned a summer house since 1989.