Occupation Businessman | Spouse(s) Susan Geliebter Name Melvin Geliebter | |
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Residence Beverly Park, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||
Melvin B. Geliebter is an American businessman, political donor and philanthropist.
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Career
Geliebter co-founded RSV Sport, a women's jeans manufacturer, with his wife. In 2002, they sold it to the Jones Apparel Group (now known as Nine West Holdings) for US$310 million. He later served as the Chief Executive Officer of Sun Apparel.
Geliebter is the holder of three patents pertaining to jeans production.
Political activity
Geliebter is a large donor to the Republican Party. He donated US$25,900 to Meg Whitman's gubernatorial campaign and US$2,400 to Carly Fiorina's senatorial campaign in 2010.
Additionally, he donated US$2,500 to Tom Leppert and US$5,000 to Boehner in 2011. The same year, he donated US$10,000 to Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign in 2011. He donated US$30,600 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2012. He also donated US$5,200 to Mimi Walters's congressional campaign in 2014.
Philanthropy
Through the Geliebter Foundation, he donated between US$25,000 and US$49,999 to the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Southern California in 2006.
Personal life
Geliebter has a wife, Susan. They reside in Beverly Park, a gated community in Los Angeles, California.