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Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and was sometimes referred to as the "King of New York".
Mar 24, 2024 · Otto Hermann Kahn (born Feb. 21, 1867, Mannheim, Baden [Germany]—died March 29, 1934, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a banker and patron of the arts who played an important role in reorganizing the U.S. railroad systems. In 1888 Kahn was sent to the London branch of Berlin’s Deutsche Bank and became a British citizen.
Feb 27, 2015 · From the Gilded Age until the Great Depression, Otto Hermann Kahn attained undisputable prominence in New York and London. On Ocean Boulevard, however, the legendary banker, builder and benefactor’s uncommon mix of cosmopolitan savvy and cultural savoir-faire never garnered the same long-lasting social luster.
A RICH AND VIBRANT HISTORY. Celebrating 100 Years of History from 1919 to 2019. A century ago, financier and philanthropist Otto Hermann Kahn built OHEKA CASTLE in the middle of a 443-acre plot on the highest point on Long Island in Cold Spring Harbor for an estimated cost of $11 million ($158 million in today’s currency).
Jan 6, 2015 · Born: 21-02-1867 Mannheim, Germany. Died: 29-03-1934 Manhattan, New York, America. Buried: Saint John’s cemetery, Laurel Hollow, New York, America. Funeral services were held in the music room of his Long Island estate. Otto Hermann Kahn was an investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts.
Otto Hermann Kahn. KAHN, OTTO HERMANN (1867–1934), U.S. banker, arts patron, and philanthropist. Kahn, who was born in Mannheim, Germany, was the son of Bernhard Kahn, a banker and arts patron. Otto Kahn began his banking career at a small bank in Karlsruhe. After service with a German elite cavalry regiment, he joined the Deutsche Bank.
March 30, 1934. See Original Daily Bulletin From This Date. Advertisement. Otto H. Kahn is dead. The banker, philanthropist and art patron succumbed to a heart attack in the offices or Kuhn,...
Otto Hermann Kahn was born in Mannheim, one of the eight children of Bernhard and Emma (née Eberstadt) Kahn. His father was a banker who took part in the German revolution of 1848, was condemned to death, and escaped to America. He remained in the U.S. for ten years, becoming a naturalized citizen, but returned to Germany after an amnesty for ...
KAHN, OTTO HERMANN (1867–1934), U.S. banker, arts patron, and philanthropist. Kahn, who was born in Mannheim, Germany, was the son of Bernhard Kahn, a banker and arts patron. Otto Kahn began his banking career at a small bank in Karlsruhe. After service with a German elite cavalry regiment, he joined the Deutsche Bank.
As president and chairman of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company, Otto Kahn was the first Jew to successfully lead an mixed, private franchise of high culture in America. He also brought the. Russes to America, and helped to launch the careers of great young. including the poet Hart Crane, the promoters of the Provincetown Players,
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