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Gottesman was born in May 1961, [3] to a Jewish family, [4] the son of Israel Museum president Dov Gottesman. [5] He received a BA from Columbia University in 1986. [6]
Gottesman was born to a Jewish family in New York City on April 26, 1926. [4] [5] [6] His father, Benjamin, worked as a banker and investor; his mother, Esther (née Garfunkel), played a key role in procuring the Dead Sea Scrolls for Israel.
Sep 30, 2022 · — David Gottesman, who carried on a family tradition of Jewish philanthropy while also becoming one of the most successful investors in the United States, died at 96 on Wednesday.
- Philissa Cramer
May 11, 2018 · A recent profile of investor and philanthropist David Sanford “Sandy” Gottesman noted a rather remarkable fact: both of his parents’ family have been generous contributors to Jewish causes in the land of Israel for nearly 150 years.
Mar 18, 2024 · Ruth Gottesman, who gave $1 billion to a medical school, grew up in an altruistic family, including her mother, who helped Jews flee Hitler.
1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name, literally meaning ‘God’s man’, from German Gottesmann (compare 2 below). 2. Americanized form of German Gottesmann: nickname literally meaning ‘God’s man’, Middle High German gotesman.
David Gottesman is a Jewish American businessman best known for having founded the investment advisory firm, First Manhattan. Gottesman (born April 26, 1926) was born in New York City.
