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In This Issue
Theme
The Business of Giving
While the media frenzy concentrated on the more sensational elements of recent events involving Bernie Madoff and his alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme, it also offered an opportunity to get a rare look at the inner workings of close-knit social networking—traditionally, the philanthropic world is deeply rooted in personal relationships and peer solicitations.
Profiles
Cover Profile
Russell Simmons
By Victoria Scrozzo
He may have taken hip-hop mainstream, started a clothing and jewelry line, and forever improved race relations, but for all-world mogul Russell Simmons, 2009 will be the year “to give back.”
Laurent Dassault
By Liliane-Carol Benoit
The grandson of legendary aviation pioneer Marcel and son of business titan Serge, Laurent Dassault has carved out his own legacy while strengthening the family name.
Francine LeFrak
By Aliza Davidovit
Spurred to change and improve lives, businesswoman, filmmaker, and philanthropist Francine LeFrak works to put a human face on vital social issues.
Zarin Mehta
By Nancy A. Ruhling
A career accountant, Zarin Mehta has combined his lifelong love of music with a keen business mind to take the New York Philharmonic into unchartered territory—North Korea.
Lorry Lokey
By Erin Dym
Business Wire founder Lorry Lokey made hundreds of millions of dollars when he sold the company to Warren Buffett in 2006—and when his time is up, he hopes there’s nothing left.
Peter Schiff
By Nancy A. Ruhling
Investment advisor Peter Schiff was one of the few financial gurus to predict the current economic crisis. Now the man often referred to as Dr. Doom wants you to know one thing about the foreseeable future: it won’t be pretty.
Phil Cubeta
By N.C. Naisak
America’s morals tutor Phil Cubeta has a message for your conscience: philanthropy beomes more urgent as people grow wealthier.
Niall Ferguson
By Nancy A. Ruhling
Harvard professor Niall Ferguson, whose research looks to history to predict the future, has a very simple message for investors: Don’t panic.
Roberta Grossman
By Soriya Daniels
When she was a young girl, award-winning filmmaker Roberta Grossman read about Holocaust resister Hannah Senesh. Now, with the help of Steven Spielberg and the creator of Friends, Grossman’s captured the story in a new documentary that tells the harrowing tale of one woman’s love for her mother.
Alan Hassenfeld
By Nancy Kleinbaum
Hasbro Inc.’s Alan Hassenfeld may be the final link to the toy empire his grandfather created, but it is his family’s legacy of giving that he hopes to secure.
Marek Halter
By Liliane-Carol Benoit
Marek Halter’s amazing life story—which has taken him from a meeting with Stalin to dinner with Putin—is only part of the message of peace he hopes to deliver.
Miles Nadal
By Elisa Birnbaum
An otherworldly gift for business may have started Miles Nadal’s journey, but a passion to change lives has kept him going.
Michael Glasser
By Linda Fisher Kaletsky
The rise, fall, and rise of jean impresario Michael Glasser.
Events
- Conference of Presidents
- Bill Gates Honored at Einstein Awards Gala
- Fall Fête
- Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
- Kageno Harambee Gala
- Portman at Carnegie Hall
- Adults in Toyland
- Kingsbrook Celebrates 83rd Anniversary
- Mentor Foundation’s Royal Gala
- FIDF
- JNF Tree of Life
- IPO Benefit
- Mount Sinai Fashion Show
- Gelman Honored at Birthright Gala
- Museum of American Finance
- Chicago Museum Raises $2.8 Million
- Young Leadership Casino Night