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| Born | July 19, 1962 Roslyn, New York |
| Occupation | Chief executive officer |
Edward S. Lampert (born July 19, 1962), commonly known as Eddie Lampert, is a wealthy American investor and businessman. He is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of ESL Investments; and the chairman of Sears Holdings Corporation. He is a director of AutoNation, Inc. and AutoZone, Inc.
Lampert graduated from Yale University in 1984 (B.A., economics, summa cum laude), where he was a member of Skull and Bones and Phi Beta Kappa. He was an intern at Goldman Sachs in July 1984, and worked in the firm's risk arbitrage department from March 1985 to February 1988. He left the bank to form ESL Investments, based in Greenwich, Connecticut, in April 1988. In 2003 he was kidnapped from the parking lot of his office, but was quickly rescued by police after his captors used his credit card (which police were tracing) to order a pizza from the motel where they were holding him.
Mr. Lampert's investment style can best be described as "concentrated value", often focusing on the retail sector.
His earnings in 2004 were estimated to be $1.02 billion USD.
Reference
- BusinessWeek. November 22, 2004. p154.
“==External links==
- Forbes 400 (September 12, 2005)
- Forbes World's Richest People (March 9, 2005)
- Edward S. Lampert of ESL Investments exlains his thinking on the Kmart deal
- businessweek.com: The Next Warren Buffett? (November 22, 2004)
- gurufocus.com: Edward Lampert News
- newyorkmetro.com: A conversation with Eddie Lampert (December 6, 2004)
- money.cnn.com: The man behind the deal
- Edward Lampert Information: HedgeFundsInvesting.com]
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