Rank #2401
Charles Cohen
Net worth $1.6B
Real estate · United States
- Born
- Feb 08, 1952
- Age
- 74
- Source
- Real estate
- Residence
- New York , New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Doctor of Jurisprudence, Brooklyn Law School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Tufts University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Real estate developer Charles Cohen bought out his father and uncle and quadrupled the family real estate empire to 12 million square feet.
- Most of his fortune is in high end office buildings in New York City and design centers in several cities.
- WeWork leases office space from Cohen Brothers Realty's 750 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan and the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles.
- Cohen owns high end luxury brands such as Harrys of London, Savile Row tailor Richard James and luggage company T. Anthony.
- In 2018, he bought movie theater chain Landmark Theatres from Mark Cuban and picked up Manhattan society magazine Avenue.
- He owns or has the rights to some 1,000 classic films.
- Cohen wrote the 1985 movie quiz book "Trivia Mania."
- Cohen is buying and renovating historic movie theaters like Paris cinema La Pagode, the Larchmont Playhouse and the reopened Quad Cinema in Manhattan.
- Cohen produced the 2008 Oscar-nominated "Frozen River" and distributed five foreign films nominated by the Academy Awards. He won for "The Salesman."