Carl Howard Pforzheimer Jr (1907–1996) was an American banker based in New York City. He was senior partner in Carl H. Pforzheimer & Company, and a benefactor of medicine, education and the arts.

Early life and education

Pforzheimer was born and raised on the

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. He was the son of financier

Carl H. Pforzheimer Carl Howard Pforzheimer (1879 – April 4, 1957) was an American banker and curbstone broker based in New York City. He was a founder of the American Stock Exchange and amassed a large fortune on Wall Street as a specialist in Standard Oil stock ...

Sr (1879–1957), who was a founder of the

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. Carl Pforzheimer Jr. graduated in 1928 from Harvard College. In 1930 he graduated from

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Career

He was the senior partner in Carl H. Pforzheimer & Company, which was founded by his father in 1901. After his father died in 1957, Pforzheimer continued to focus the investment firm on oil and gas. From 1958 to 1978 he was on the

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, serving as vice chairman for the last years of his membership. He served as a president or officer of the

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, the

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, the

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, and the Economic Development Corporation of New York City.

Personal life and death

In 1931, he married Carol Koehler. The

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at Harvard University is named after them. They had a daughter, Nancy P. Aronson, and a son, Carl Howard Pforzheimer III. They lived in

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, and Manhattan. He died at his home in

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, at the age of 89 in 1996.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pforzheimer, Carl 1907 births 1996 deaths American bankers Harvard Business School alumni 20th-century American philanthropists 20th-century American Jews