Irving Kahn
Irving Kahn | |
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| Born | December 19, 1905 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 24, 2015 (aged 109) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | City College of New York |
| Occupation(s) | Investor and philanthropist |
| Known for | Advising the Kahn Brothers Group |
Irving Kahn (December 19, 1905 – February 24, 2015) was an American investor and philanthropist. He was the oldest living active investor. He was an early disciple of Benjamin Graham, who popularized the value investing methodology. Kahn began his career in 1928 and continued to work until his death. He was chairman of Kahn Brothers Group, Inc., the privately owned investment advisory and broker-dealer firm that he founded with his sons, Thomas and Alan, in 1978.
Kahn was the oldest active money manager on Wall Street. He made his first trade—a short sale of a copper mining company—in the summer of 1929, months before the famous market crash in October of the same year.