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Kenneth G. Langone
b. 1935Roslyn Heights, NYItalian American descendantLiving
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Why Included
Co-founder of The Home Depot and major philanthropist whose $200 million gift anchored the NYU Langone Medical Center.
Notable For
- Co-founded The Home Depot (1978)
- Donated $200 million to NYU Medical Center
- Venture capital pioneer
Honors & Recognition
- NIAF Humanitarian Award
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Business & Entrepreneurship
- Specialty
- Finance/Retail
- Years
- b. 1935
- Birth Place
- Roslyn Heights, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Ancestry Verification
- Confirmed
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