Irving Kahn

This article is about the investor and money manager. For the cable TV industry pioneer and subject of US Supreme Court wiretap case, see Irving B. Kahn.
Irving Kahn
Born(1905-12-19)December 19, 1905
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 2015(2015-02-24) (aged 109)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materCity College of New York
Columbia University
Occupation(s)Investor and philanthropist
Known forAdvising 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Financial Times: "On Wall Street: Age old wisdom"
  2. ^ The Financial Times: "On Wall Street: Age old wisdom"
  3. ^ Barron's: "Still Going Strong"