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Mitchell Jacobson
United States 75 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Industrial equipment
- Industry
- Service
- Residence
- Locust Valley, New York
- Education
- Brandeis University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)New York University (Law Degree)
- Marital Status
- Married
Assets
- MSC Industrial Direct7,755,000 shares @ --MSM-US
Biography
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.
About
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.