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Jacob Ezra Merkin Esq.


Self Description

Third-Party Descriptions

December 2008: "...Jacob Ezra Merkin, a lion of Wall Street who would be president of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue...As a direct descendant of the founder of modern Orthodox Judaism and a graduate of Columbia’s English department and Harvard’s law school....In 1985, after a few years of practicing law at a top-tier firm, now known as Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, he started the investment firm that would become Gabriel Capital Group...Ascot itself attracted $1.8 billion in investments, almost all of which was entrusted to Mr. Madoff. New York Law School put $3 million into Ascot two years ago, and has now initiated a lawsuit in federal court that accuses Mr. Merkin of abdicating his duties to the partnership."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/business/20madoff.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Student/Trainee (past or present) Columbia University Organization Dec 21, 2008
Founder/Co-Founder of Gabriel Capital Group Organization Dec 21, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Harvard University Organization Dec 21, 2008
Advisor/Consultant to (past or present) Opponent (past or present) New York Law School (NYLS) Organization Dec 21, 2008
Cooperation (past or present) Bernard "Bernie" L. Madoff Person Dec 21, 2008
Cooperation (past or present) Ronald O. Perelman Person Dec 21, 2008
Financial Recipient from (past or present) James A. Stern Person Dec 22, 2008

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Dec 20, 2008 Madoff Scheme Kept Rippling Outward, Across Borders

QUOTE: whatever else Mr. Madoff’s game was, it was certainly this: The first worldwide Ponzi scheme — a fraud that lasted longer, reached wider and cut deeper than any similar scheme in history, entirely eclipsing the puny regional ambitions of Charles Ponzi, the Boston swindler who gave his name to the scheme nearly a century ago.

 New York Times