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Revision as of 18:36, 23 May 2006 by 24.255.177.175 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Mortimer Benjamin Zuckerman (born 1937) is a Canada-born self-made American billionaire magazine editor, publisher, and real estate magnate.
He is the current Editor-in-Chief of U.S. News & World Report and the publisher/owner of the New York Daily News.
Zuckerman is the 382nd richest man in the world by Forbes list. He owns properties in Boston, New York, Washington, and San Francisco. Zuckerman co-founded Boston Properties, Inc. and he is chairman of the board, and director of Boston Properties.
In addition to his publishing and real-estate interests, Zuckerman is also a sought-after commentator on world affairs and an active supporter of American and international Jewish causes.
In 2005, before the Jewish settlers' pullout from Gaza, at James Wolfensohn's request, Zuckerman made private plea to his friends including Bill Gates, and Leonard Stern and raised $14 million within two days for a private advocacy group the Aspen Institute which bought greenhouses owned by Jews in Gaza and transferred it to Palestinians as gift. Greenhouses covering one-fourth of the land set aside for greenhouses were damaged by Palestinian looters after the handover, but there have been signs of a rebound since the Palestinian Authority restored order.
Zuckerman serves on the Board of Trustees of several educational and private institutions such as New York University, the Aspen Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, the Hole in the Wall Gang Fund, the Center for Communications. He is a member of the JPMorgan's National Advisory Board, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He worked as a president of the Board of Trustees of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Prior to this, Zuckerman taught at Harvard Business School as an associate professor for nine years and at Yale University.
He occasionally appears on The McLaughlin Group and writes columns for U.S. News & World Report and the New York Daily News, usually taking liberal to centrist positions on political matters. Among others, a cause he often advocates in his columns is support for Israel.
Zuckerman's New York Daily News ran an editorial opposing NYU's Graduate Student Organizing Committee's attempt to win a second union contract in late 2005, but failed to report that the owner of the paper was a trustee, a possible conflict of interest.
Zuckerman is graduated from Harvard University's Law School with L.L.M. in 1962, University of Pennsylvania's the Wharton School with M.B.A. and distinction of honor in 1961, McGill University in Montreal, Canada with J.D. in 1961, and B.A. in 1957.
Zuckerman was awarded the Commandeur De L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
References
- "Forbes, 2006". Retrieved 2006-04-27.
- "Bruce S.Ticker, Mideast Outlook: Palestinians can't compromise on minor issue, Crisis Israel, August 27, 2005". Retrieved 2006-04-27.