George Lindemann
| George Lindemann | |
|---|---|
| Born |
George L. Lindemann 1936 (age 79–80) New York City, US |
| Residence | Palm Beach, Florida, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (BS) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Net worth |
 US$4.0 billion (February 2015)[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Frayda B. Lindemann |
| Children |
Adam Lindemann Sloan Lindemann Barnett George Lindemann Jr. |
George Lindemann (born 1936) is an American businessman and the chairman and chief executive officer of the Southern Union, a pipeline company.[2][3][4][5][6] He also owns 19 Spanish-language radio stations.[4][6]
Early life and education
George Lindemann was born to a Jewish family[7] in 1936 in New York City.[2] He received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[2][3][6]
Career
From 1962 to 1972, he served as the president of Smith, Miller and Patch, a pharmaceutical company.[3] He sold Permalens, his family company, to Cooper Labs for $75 million in 1971, and founded Vision Cable in 1972.[2][4][5][6] In 1982, he sold it to Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr. and his brother for $220 million.[2][4][5][6] Shortly after, he founded a cell phone company called Metro Mobile and later sold it to Bell Atlantic for $2.5 billion in 1991.[2][4][5][6] He was then the CEO of Southern Union, a pipeline company, which was sold in 2012 to Energy Transfer Equity, LP for approximately $2.0 billion.[2][4][5][6] He also owns 19 Spanish-speaking radio stations.[4][6] He has been the president of Cellular Dynamics and the Managing General Partner of Activated Communications Limited Partnership since 1982.[3] He has been a General Partner of Panhandle Eastern since 1990.[3] He sits on the board of directors of HI Europe Limited and on the advisory board of Hudson Clean Energy Partners.[3]
Philanthropy and political activities
He has made donations to Republican candidates, such as Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Ed Royce, Denny Rehberg, and Virginia Foxx.[8] He is a supporter of the Center for Jewish History.[9]
The Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera is named after him and his wife.[10]
Personal life
He is married to Dr. Frayda B. Lindemann[2] who serves as vice-president on the board of the Metropolitan Opera.[5] They have three children:[2]
- Adam Marc Lindemann, president of Lindemann Capital, is an art collector, gallerist, columnist for the New York Observer, and a former champion polo player.[5] In 1989, he married Elizabeth Ashley Graham.[11] Her maternal grandfather is Charles R. Denny, former chairman of the FCC.[11] They had three daughters. The Lindemanns divorced and Adam is now married to Amalia Dayan, the granddaughter of Moshe Dayan. The couple has two daughters.
- Sloan Lindemann Barnett sits on the board of trustees of the New York University School of Law and runs a natural health products business.[5] She is married to Roger Barnett, CEO of Shaklee, the largest natural nutrition company in the United States. They have three children.[12]
- George Lindemann Jr., whose equestrian career ended when he was convicted and served time for insurance fraud for horse killing,[13] is now a well-known art collector, investor, environmental advocate and philanthropist in Miami.[5] He serves as the president of the board of directors of the Bass Museum of Art. George Lindemann Sr. lives in Palm Beach, Florida, with further homes on the Upper East Side and in Greenwich, Connecticut.[2][4][5][6] As of September 2011, he is the 736th richest person in the world, and the 220th richest in the United States, with an estimated wealth of US$2.1 billion.[2] He owns a 180-foot schooner, Adela, which has won international sailing competitions.[5][6] The Lindemanns are members of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County.[14]
References
- ↑ Forbes: The World's Billionaires: "George Lindemann", February 2015
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Forbes profile
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 BusinessWeek profile
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Robert Trigaux, "Florida boasts 10 of world's richest" in St. Petersburg Times, February 28, 2003
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Peter Latterman and Michael J. De La Merced, "Natural Gas Bidding War Puts Spotlight on a Billionaire" in The New York Times, June 28, 2011
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Wharton Magazine
- ↑ Forbes Israel: Jewish Billionaires – Profile of George Lindemann April 14, 2013 (in Hebrew)
- ↑ Huffington Post campaign contributions
- ↑ Center for Jewish History Bulletin, Fall/Winter 2006
- ↑ Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Metropolitan Opera
- 1 2 The New York Times: "Elizabeth Graham, Graduate Student, Is Married to Adam Marc Lindemann", October 16, 1989
- ↑ New York University Law Alumni of the Month December 2009: Sloan Lindemann Barnett '93, retrieved May 3, 2013
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/22/us/top-equestrian-is-convicted-in-horse-insurance-scheme.html
- ↑ Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Honor Roll 2011