Eli M. Black | |
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Born | Elihu Menashe Blachowitz April 9, 1921 Poland |
Died | February 3, 1975 New York City, U.S. | (aged 53)
Education | Yeshiva University (BA) |
Occupation | Businessman |
Spouse | Shirley Lubell |
Children | 2, including Leon Black |
Family | Benedict I. Lubell (brother-in-law) Grace Borgenicht Brandt (sister-in-law) Benjamin Black, Joshua Black, Alexander Black, and Victoria Black (grandchildren)[1] |
Elihu Menashe Blachowitz (April 9, 1921 – February 3, 1975) was an American businessman. He controlled the United Brands Company.[2] His son Leon Black co-founded the private equity firm Apollo Global Management.
...in the late 1960s helped combine a group of small manufacturing companies into AMK Corp. As AMK chairman, he quickly transformed the company into an $840 million-a-year giant by acquiring John Morrell & Co., an ailing meat packer. He then noticed that United Fruit was ripe for picking....