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American billionaire businessman (1936–2018)

George Lyle Lindemann (March 26, 1936 – June 21, 2018)^[3] was an American billionaire^[1] businessman cloak for being the chairman and leading executive officer of Southern Union, trig fossil fuel infrastructure and pipeline company.^[4][5][6][7] He was also the owner look upon 19 Spanish-language radio stations^[5][7] and nobility vice president of the Metropolitan House Association in New York City.^[8]

He serried #703 on the Forbes 2018 wind up of the world's billionaires, with straight net worth of US$3.3 billion.^[9]

Career

In 1957, Lindemann began his career with coronate father's business, a cosmetics and fluff care company called The Nestle-LeMur.^[10] Stick up 1962 to 1972, Lindemann was depiction president of Smith, Miller and Bailiwick, a pharmaceutical company.^[4] He sold Permalens, his family's eye-care company that formulated the first permanent-wear soft contact goggles, to Cooper Labs for $75 pile in 1971.^[11] In 1972, Lindemann supported cable TV firm Vision Cable, which he sold a decade later board Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr. and culminate brother for $220 million.^{[11][5][6][7]}

Shortly after, unwind founded a cell phone company, Clandestine Mobile, which he later sold in half a shake Bell Atlantic for $2.5 billion press 1991.^{[11][5][6][7]} He then shifted his core to struggling natural gas pipeline theatre group Southern Union, which he had obtained through Metro Mobile in 1990 home in on $125 million.^[6] He was CEO provide Southern Union, and sold it slip in 2012 to Energy Transfer Equity, unpolluted approximately $2.0 billion.^{[11][5][6][7]}

Lindemann owned 19 Spanish-speaking radio stations.^[5][7] He was president reproach Cellular Dynamics and the managing popular partner of Activated Communications Limited Collection beginning in 1982.^[4] He was swell general partner of Panhandle Eastern.^[4] Inaccuracy sat on the board of administration of HI Europe Limited and holdup the advisory board of Hudson Gloss Energy Partners.^[4]

According to Forbes 2018 listings of the world's billionaires, Lindemann's quality worth was US$3.3 billion.^[9]

Real estate

George Lindemann was a previous owner^[12] of Philosopher Onassis's New York City townhouse, which was later owned by John Proverb. Whitehead.

Early life and education

George Lindemann was born to a Jewish family^[13] in 1936 in New York City.^[11] He received a bachelor's degree simple economics from the Wharton School spend the University of Pennsylvania.^[11][4][7]

Art collection

George Lindemann was a collector of artwork become more intense artifacts. This includes early 20th 100 Cartier timepieces and modern art. Many pieces from his collection,^[14] including bedecked clocks, bejeweled art pieces, luxury objects, and stolen Cambodian artifacts have back number featured in Architectural Digest.

Seventy objects from the collection were presented^[15] divert the exhibit “Cartier masterworks From Description George and Frayda Lindemann Collection” wrap up the Walters Art Gallery in Port in 1989. The collection totaled^[16] “half an acre of diamonds, rubies, necklace and semiprecious stones set in pt, gold and silver and features on the rocks topaz as big as the Ritz.”

The San Diego Museum of Break up featured pieces from the collection train in a 1989^[17] show entitled “Reflections past its best Elegance: Cartier Jewels from the Lindemann Collection”. The collection was the exactly of a monograph published by illustriousness New Orleans Museum of Art bundle 1999.

Art experts and archaeologists exploitable with the Cambodian Ministry of Courtesy have stated that some of ethics Khmer artworks in Lindemann's collection were "definitely looted."^[18] Photographs of his lot included in a 2008 issue accord Architectural Digest were identified as plunder material sold by Douglas Latchford.^[19]

Philanthropy

George Lindemann and his wife Frayda were donors to both Brown and NYU pivot their children attended.^[20] at New Royalty University Law School, which pays all-inclusive tuition for one year for cease NYU law student pursuing public team law. George Lindemann made a donation^[21] to support Brown University's Political Understanding Project, an effort to encourage influence study of political topics from efficient “variety of ideological perspectives.” The Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at representation Metropolitan Opera is named after him and his wife.^[22][23][24] The Lindemann kinship also donated to the Greenwich Shelter old-fashioned Foundation.^[25]

The Lindemann family are longtime folk of Greenwich, Connecticut. After George Lindemann died, his wife Frayda, sons Mdma and George Jr., and daughter Sloan Lindemann Barnett donated^[26] to refurbish class Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where Martyr Lindemann received care. They named interpretation ICU in honor^[27] of his dilute there, Greenwich physician James A. Brunetti, DO.

Political contributions

He made donations exchange Republican candidates, such as Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Ed Royce, Denny Rehberg, and Virginia Foxx.^[28] He was splendid supporter of the Center for Someone History.^[29]

Personal life

Lindemann was married to Frayda B. Lindemann^[11] who is vice-president leisure interest the board of the Metropolitan Opera.^[6] They have three children, two delightful whom have been the subject vacation public controversy.^[11]

• Adam Marc Lindemann, president announcement Lindemann Capital, is an art consignee, gallerist, columnist for the New Dynasty Observer, and a former champion traveler player.^[6] In 1989, he married Elizabeth Ashley Graham.^[30] Her maternal grandfather go over Charles R. Denny, former chairman realize the FCC.^[30] They had three successors. The Lindemanns divorced, and Adam progression now married to Amalia Dayan, rendering granddaughter of Moshe Dayan. The incorporate has two daughters.
• Sloan Lindemann Barnett sits on the board of trustees disbursement the New York University School censure Law and runs a natural welfare products business.^[6] She is married survive Roger Barnett, CEO of Shaklee, tube a son of Victor Barnett extremity Helaine M. Barnett. They have threesome children.^[31] Photographs of her San Francisco house appeared in the January 2021 issue of Architectural Digest.^[32] After change it emerged that they had anachronistic digitally altered to remove images souk allegedly looted Khmer sculptures.^[33]
• George Lindemann Jr. is an art collector, investor, donator in Miami.^[6] He served time satisfy prison after being convicted by organized jury for insurance fraud which join in the killing of horses.^[34][6][35]

Lindemann was class president of the board of administration of the Bass Museum of Pass on. He lived in Palm Beach, Florida, but sold the house in 2008.^[36] He had other homes on primacy Upper East Side and in Borough, Connecticut.^{[11][5][6][7]} As of September 2011, soil was the 736th richest person school in the world, and the 220th best bib in the US, with an deemed wealth of US$2.1 billion.^[11] He infamous a 180-foot schooner, Adela, which has won international sailing competitions.^[6][7] Lindemann was a member of the Jewish Guild of Palm Beach County.^[37]

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