Portrait of Wilma Tisch

Rank #1987

Wilma Tisch

Net worth $2.1B

Loews · United States

Born
Jun 25, 1927
Age
98
Source
Loews
Residence
New York, New York
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Widowed
Children
4
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Skidmore College

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Wilma Tisch owes her fortune to her late husband Laurence (d. 2003) and his brother Bob, who started Loews Corp as a New Jersey hotel venture in 1946.
  • Wilma's son James is the president and CEO of publicly traded Loews, which now has interests in drilling, natural gas pipelines and insurance.
  • Her sister-in law Joan Tisch, also a billionaire, died in 2017; Wilma's son Andrew co-chairs Loews' board with Joan's son Jonathan.
  • At NYU, the Tisch family donated funds to support the Tisch School of the Arts and the Tisch Hospital at Langone Medical Center.
  • Wilma donates some of her Loews shares annually to her three children's charitable foundations.
  • Tisch was the first woman to be elected president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York.
  • Tisch is an honorary board member of WNYC Radio and holds an honorary doctorate from NYU.

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