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Sheldon Solow

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Sheldon Solow · Economics & Business

What

Real Estate Developer

When

1928, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2020, New York, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Sheldon Solow is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Real Estate Developer

How & why

Sheldon Solow was an American real-estate developer best known for building 9 West 57th Street, a landmark modernist office tower in Manhattan, and for assembling a large development site along the East River. He was also a noted art collector. He was Jewish, the son of a Jewish bricklayer.

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Source: Forbes Billionaire 2025

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Real Estate Developer

1966

Source: Forbes Billionaire 2025