Portrait of Jane Goldman

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Jane Goldman

Net worth $1.1B

Real estate · United States

Born
Jul 29, 1955
Age
70
Source
Real estate
Residence
New York, New York
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Manhattanville College

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Jane Goldman is America's only female billionaire running a real estate firm. She heads up Solil Management, which she owns with her three siblings.
  • The youngest daughter of Sol Goldman (d. 1987), once New York's biggest landlord, she oversees a portfolio that includes at least 400 properties.
  • Trophies include apartments on the Upper East Side and the block of land in Midtown Manhattan that includes the Olympic Tower and the Cartier Mansion.
  • The family also owns a 17% stake in the World Trade Center developments in lower Manhattan.
  • Her brother Allan is co-chair but has taken a back seat in recent years. Her sisters Amy and Diane Kemper are senior advisers.
  • The New York City resident paid $31 million in 2015 for a Palm Beach estate originally owned by the Kennedys; she sold it for $70 million in June 2020.
  • The Goldman family name is all over Yale University, from the law library named after Jane's mother, Lilian, to a $10 million endowed professorship.