Mitchell Jacobson
$1.7B
Born
Mar 06, 1951
Age
74
Source of Wealth
Industrial equipment
Residence
Locust Valley, New York
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Brandeis University; Law Degree, New York University
- Mitchell Jacobson began working for MSC Direct, an office and industrial equipment distributor founded by his father Sidney, in 1976.
- In 1995, Jacobson took over as CEO of the Melville, N.Y.-based firm, which now distributes hundreds of products, from staplers to air conditioners.
- Jacobson held the CEO position through 2005 and, since 2013, has been non-executive chairman.
- Jacobson's parents, who married six weeks after they met, poisoned themselves in 2005 after his father was diagnosed with cancer. They had been married 59 years.
- Mitchell has one sister, Marjorie Gershwind Fiverson, whose son Erik is currently the president and CEO of MSC Direct.
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