Billionaire David Gottesman Biography, Age, Career, Family, Net Worth

Early Life

Danielle Logano was born in New York City, New York on April 26, 1926 (age 96). He holds an American nationality and His Zodiac sign is Taurus. He belongs to the white ethnicity.

Esther (née Garfunkel) and Benjamin Gottesman’s son is David Gottesman. Milton and Alice are his two siblings. He is the nephew of Samuel Gottesman, an American banker, financier, and philanthropist who deals in pulp paper.

Marriage

Danielle Logano and his wife Ruth (née Levy), to whom he has been married for more than 60 years, reside in Rye, New York. He has an Ed.D., a master’s in developmental education, and a bachelor’s degree from Barnard College, both from Teachers College, and Columbia University, in the fields of Educational Psychology and Human Cognition and Learning. They have three kids together as well as seven grandkids.

Career

In 1964, David Gottesman established the First Manhattan Co., an investment advice company. In 1962, he grew close to Warren Buffett. He joined the Berkshire Hathaway board of directors in 2003. He was an early investor in Berkshire Hathaway and currently holds 17,202 class A shares, which are expected to be worth $8.1 billion in 2021.

In 2008, Gottesman gave the Albert Einstein College of Medicine a gift of $25 million, which was utilized to establish the Ruth L. includes the stem cell research facility David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.

Net Worth

David Gottesman was an American businessman with a net worth of $1.8 billion.          

Education

David Gottesman earned a BA from Trinity College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.