Villanova University University of Pennsylvania (BS, MBA)
Occupations
Banker
businessman
investor
philanthropist
Employer
MacAndrews & Forbes
Spouses
Faith Golding
(m. 1965; div. 1984)
Claudia Cohen
(m. 1985; div. 1994)
Patricia Duff
(m. 1995; div. 1996)
Ellen Barkin
(m. 2000; div. 2006)
Anna Chapman
(m. 2010)
Children
8
Parent
Raymond G. Perelman (father)
Relatives
Jeffrey E. Perelman (brother)
Ronald Owen Perelman (/ˈpɛrəlmən/; born January 1, 1943)[1] is an American banker, businessman, investor, and philanthropist.[2] MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated,[3] his company, has invested in companies with interests in groceries, cigars, licorice, makeup, cars, photography, television, camping supplies, security, gaming, jewelry, banks, and comic book publishing. Perelman holds significant shares in companies such as Deluxe Entertainment, Revlon,[4] SIGA Technologies,[5][6] RetailMeNot,[7] Merisant, Scantron, Scientific Games Corporation,[8] Valassis, vTv Therapeutics[9] and Harland Clarke.[10] He previously owned a majority of shares in AM General, but in 2020 sold the majority of his shares in AM General along with significant works of art, in light of the impact of the economy on the high debt burdens many of his companies have from leveraged buyouts. In early 2020, Revlon, acquired by Perelman in the 1980s, undertook a debt deal.[11]
Previously worth $19.8 billion in 2018, Perelman is, as of November 2022, worth $1.9 billion.[12]
^"UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019". United Press International. January 1, 2019. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019. businessman Ron Perelman in 1943 (age 76)
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^"Ronald O. Perelman: MacAndrews and Forbes Bio". MAF. January 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
^Perino, Marissa (April 15, 2019). "The 25 richest people in New York, ranked". Business Insider. Insider Inc. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
^Griffin, Drew (December 9, 2011). "E-mails questioned huge contract for firm with ties to Obama administration". CNN. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
^Elstein, Aaron (January 21, 2011). "Ron Perelman vs. Donald Drapkin". crainsnewyork.com. Crain's New York Business. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
^"RetailMeNot is getting bought for $630 million by one of billionaire Ron Perelman's companies". Business Insider. Insider Inc. April 10, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
^Stutz, Howard. "Perelman's $27 million in stock purchases viewed as way to off-set Scientific Games' sour 2018". cdcgamingreport.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
^"Billionaire Ronald Perelman buys more shares of vTv Therapeutics". Biz Journals. American City Business Journal. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
^"Bloomberg Billionaires Index". Bloomberg. May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
^"Perelman Begins Unwinding Multibillion Dollar Empire With Sale". Bloomberg.com. July 22, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
^Block, Fang. "Billionaire Businessman Ronald O. Perelman's Design Collection Heads to Auction". www.barrons.com. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
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