Richard Gilder

Richard Gilder
Born(1932-05-31)May 31, 1932
DiedMay 12, 2020(2020-05-12) (aged 87)
Alma materYale College
Spouses
  • Britt-Marie Lagerljung (divorced)
    Virginia Chromiak (divorced)
    Teresa Maria Dempsey (divorced)
(m. 2005)
Children4, including Virginia

Richard Gilder Jr. (May 31, 1932 – May 12, 2020), was an American stockbroker and philanthropist. He was a co-founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. He also headed the brokerage firm Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co., whose specialty is trading leveraged stocks and shortselling.[1] Gilder joined forces with George Soros in revitalizing Central Park, which galvanized the creation of the Central Park Conservancy, of which he was a trustee.

  1. ^ http://www.gghc.com/AboutUs/what.aspx Archived December 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co website – About Us