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Economics & Business
Ronald Perelman
Who
Ronald Perelman · Economics & Business
What
Investor via MacAndrews & Forbes
When
1943, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Where
United States
Biography
Ronald Perelman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Investor via MacAndrews & Forbes
How & why
Perelman built a vast investment empire through his holding company MacAndrews & Forbes, controlling businesses from Revlon cosmetics to industrial firms. He was born into a Jewish family in Greensboro and raised in Philadelphia, and has been a major philanthropist to Jewish causes and institutions. He became one of America's best-known leveraged-buyout investors.
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Source: Forbes Billionaire 2025
Contributions & Sources
Investor via MacAndrews & Forbes
1978
Source: Forbes Billionaire 2025
