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including general cigar, searses row buck, the underwood typewriter company, may department stores, studebaker, f.w. wool worth, bf goodrichrich, and the brown shoe company. and served on all of their boards of directors without accepting recompense. few today know that he was also a collector of major renaissance art. the patron of outstanding classical musicians, a sponsor and friend of ground breaking physicists, among them albert einstein, otto stern and max bourne, and can adviser to the banking world in both the u.s. and germany before and after world world war i. and a philanthropist who rescued many jews and intellectuals from nazi germany in the 1930s. remarkably, many of the achievements occurred while he was losing his sight. henry was 28 when he was invited to join goldman sack. -- goldman sachs. ten years had passed since his father, marcus, had shunted him aside after he dropped out of harvard due to failing eyesight and hired his sister's husband as his father. marcus' father was the second marriage which had taken place between sons and daughters of the two families. henry had
including general cigar, searses row buck, the underwood typewriter company, may department stores, studebaker, f.w. wool worth, bf goodrichrich, and the brown shoe company. and served on all of their boards of directors without accepting recompense. few today know that he was also a collector of major renaissance art. the patron of outstanding classical musicians, a sponsor and friend of ground breaking physicists, among them albert einstein, otto stern and max bourne, and can adviser to the...
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publicly owned corporations including general sigar, sears roebuck, the underwood typewriter company, studebaker, fw walworth, bfgoodrich and the brown shoe company and served on all of their boards of directors without except in recompense. few today know he was also a collector of major renaissance art. the patron of outstanding classical musicians including menuhin, a sponsor and friend of groundbreaking physicist, among them albert einstein, auto stern and max born, and adviser to the bagging world in both the u.s. and germany before and after world war i and the philanthropist who rescued many intellectuals and jewish from nazi germany and the 1930s. remarkably, many of the achievements for which he was notable occurred while he was losing his sight. henry was 28 when he was invited to join goldman sachs. 10 years have passed since his father marcus dropped out of harvard due to his failing eyesight and hired his sister louisa's husband sam sacks as his assistant. marcus' father a schoolmaster had been friends since their school days in germany and this was the second marriage which had tak
publicly owned corporations including general sigar, sears roebuck, the underwood typewriter company, studebaker, fw walworth, bfgoodrich and the brown shoe company and served on all of their boards of directors without except in recompense. few today know he was also a collector of major renaissance art. the patron of outstanding classical musicians including menuhin, a sponsor and friend of groundbreaking physicist, among them albert einstein, auto stern and max born, and adviser to the...
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men and lehman -- goldman and even brothers were companies but what would excite them most was the studebaker which rican the first automobile manufacturer owned by the public with the overline bankers became the hot issues everybody wanted between the two brothers in lot to deteriorate and to spread amongst their families they came to a head in 1914 when war broke out in europe said the these horror sabbatical a pro ally although henry who had admired the culture thought otherwise and spoke vehemently against the british and french who he felt which he felt to maintain net commercial supremacy in hearing the bylaws goldman sachs refrained from purchase abating is in the anglo-french bond drive one of only two wall street houses to do so. the other was -- castigating the firm it became up pariah in england when a london press quoted henry's remarks and warned goldman sachs was in danger of being blacklisted, henry realized he was not just voicing his personal opinion by placing the firm's future in jeopardy and in 1917 he tendered his resignation and cleared out his desk taking 15 corporate c
men and lehman -- goldman and even brothers were companies but what would excite them most was the studebaker which rican the first automobile manufacturer owned by the public with the overline bankers became the hot issues everybody wanted between the two brothers in lot to deteriorate and to spread amongst their families they came to a head in 1914 when war broke out in europe said the these horror sabbatical a pro ally although henry who had admired the culture thought otherwise and spoke...
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one which excited henry the most witchy they would be a landmark in the firm's drive to the top with studebaker which became the first automobile manufacture owned by the public. even his contentious partner was impressed by that one. as the firm's fortune ascended and all the things the old-line bankers had pooh-poohed became the hot issues everyone wanted to get in on, the personal animosities between the two brothers in law continued to deteriorate and to spread amongst their families. they came to a head in 1914 when war broke out in europe. sam's was brought -- grow l.a. but henry who admired the german people sufficiency and culture felt otherwise and spoke vehemently against the british and the french who he felt were showing their muscle to maintain their commercial supremacy. goldman sachs refrained from participating in the anglo-french bonds drive, one of only two or three houses to do so. the other one being. headlines castigated the firm and it became a pariah in england. when the london press quoted henry's remarks and wanted goldman sachs was in danger of being black listed in th
one which excited henry the most witchy they would be a landmark in the firm's drive to the top with studebaker which became the first automobile manufacture owned by the public. even his contentious partner was impressed by that one. as the firm's fortune ascended and all the things the old-line bankers had pooh-poohed became the hot issues everyone wanted to get in on, the personal animosities between the two brothers in law continued to deteriorate and to spread amongst their families. they...