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Nationality
  
American

Net worth
  
3 billion USD (2015)

Name
  
Neil Bluhm


Occupation
  
Businessman

Ethnicity
  
Jewish

Organizations founded
  
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Alma mater
  
B.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJ.D. Northwestern University

Known for
  
real estate and casinos

Spouse(s)
  
Barbara Bluhm-Kaul (divorced)

Residence
  
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Education
  
Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Born
  
1938 (age 83), Chicago, Illinois, United States

Similar
  
Adam D Weinberg, Thomas Pritzker, Sam Zell

Neil G. Bluhm is an American real estate and casino magnate.

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Early life and education

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Bluhm was born to a Jewish family in 1938. His father left home when he was 13, and his mother worked as a bookkeeper. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and received a law degree from Northwestern University.

Career

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He started his career as a lawyer and eventually a partner in the Chicago law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt. In 1969, he co-founded JMB Realty with Judd Malkin. He serves as a Managing Partner of Walton Street Capital and Lamb Partners. He is also President of the ALP Liquidating Trust and the Northbrook Corporation, and Chairman of the Board of HSP Gaming and the Falls Management Company. He owns the Holdings Acquisitions Co.. He is a former Co-Chairman of the Board of Urban Shopping Centers. He is Chairman of the Board of Midwest Gaming & Entertainment which owns casinos in Vicksburg, Mississippi, the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Illinois, and Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls, Canada.

Philanthropy

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He hosted President Barack Obama's 49th birthday party, where admission was a $30,000 donation to the Democratic National Committee. He has made further donations to Democratic candidates, such as Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, Melissa Bean, Rahm Emanuel, Lisa Madigan, Rod Blagojevich, Lou Lang, and Michael Madigan. An art patron, he sits on the Board of Trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He also has an art collection worth $100 million. He sits on the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University.

Personal life

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He is divorced from Barbara Bluhm-Kaul and has three children:

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  • Andy Bluhm, who runs his own hedge fund, Delaware Street Capital;
  • Leslie Bluhm, who co-founded Chicago Cares;
  • Meredith Bluhm-Wolf, a philanthropist.

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    He lives in Chicago.

    References

    Neil Bluhm Wikipedia


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