About Leonard Stern
American businessman and philanthropist Leonard Norman Stern is a billionaire. The privately held New York City-based Hartz Group is led by him as chairman and CEO. The real estate portfolio of the company was owned and operated by its subsidiary, Hartz Mountain Industries, of which he is also chairman and CEO.
Leonard Stern Career
Harsh was born to a Jewish family, the child of Hilda and Max Harsh. Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women was named after the German-born vice-chairman of the board of trustees who served as Max Stern. After his textile business failed, he immigrated to the United States in the 1920s, bringing 2,100 canaries from Germany to sell on the American market.
By selling confined birds, bird enclosures and other pet bird supplies to U.S. pet people through Woolworth’s stores over the course of the following thirty years, Harsh’s dad developed the privately-owned company: Hartz Mountain Organization (HMC), also settled in Secaucus, NJ. Later, HMC grew to become The Hartz Group’s flagship subsidiary. The company got its name from the German Harz Mountains. However Canaries initially come from the Canary Islands the Canaries in exchange are the aftereffect of specific reproducing by ranches situated at Harz.
Leonard Stern Facts
He founded Homes for the Homeless in 1986 and currently serves as chairman. According to the organisation’s website, it serves over 1,200 homeless children and 630 homeless families each day at five locations across New York City. In the 1980s, Stern began collecting Cycladic antiquities, which are now in the care of the Hellenic Ancient Culture Institute. He loaned them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens, respectively.
Leonard Stern Net Worth
Leonard Stern’s net worth was estimated to be approximately $7.6 billion USD in 2023, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List.
Personal Information
| Full Name | Leonard Norman Stern |
| Father’s Name | Max Stern |
| Mother’s Name | Hilda |
| Siblings | Stanley |
| Date Of Birth | 28 March 1938 |
| Age | 85 Years |
| Birth Place | New York City, United State |
| Height | 5’ 8” |
| Education | Graduate |
| Net Worth | $8.1 Billion |
| Profession | Businessman, Philanthropist |
| Relationship Status | Married |
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