Jane Goldman (born 1955) is an American billionaire real estate investor. She is the co-chair and co-owner (alongside her three siblings) of Solil Management, a New York City-based real estate investment company. She is the youngest daughter of real estate investor Sol Goldman. In August 2022, Forbes estimated her net worth at US$2.9 billion.
Biography Goldman was born in 1955Forbes: "America's Richest Real Estate Family Doesn't Want You To Know Who They Are" by Chloe Sorvino June 29, 2016 to a Jewish family, the daughter of Lillian (née Schuman) and Sol Goldman. April 3, 1989New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths GOLDMAN, LILLIAN" August 22, 2002 She is the youngest of four siblings: Allan H. Goldman, Diane Goldman Kemper, and Amy Goldman Fowler. Her father was the largest non-institutional real estate investor in New York City in the 1980s, owning a portfolio of nearly 1,900 commercial and residential properties. She attended the Masters School, the American School in Switzerland, and graduated from Manhattanville College.New York Tomes: "Jane Goldman Wed To Dr. B. H. Lewis" July 30, 1979
After her father's death, she and her two sisters engaged in litigation with their mother over his assets; their mother subsequently received 1/3rd of their father's estate. She and her late brother, Allan Goldman, managed the remaining real estate assets via the firm Solil Management.The Real Deal: "Sol Goldman’s $6B portfolio in play, as children accelerate dealmaking" By Adam Pincus April 01, 2013 Her cousin, Lloyd Goldman, is also a notable real-estate investor in New York City.
In 1979, she married Dr. Benjamin H. Lewis in a Jewish ceremony at the family home in New York City.
Career As principal of Solil Management, Jane carries of portfolio of over 400 properties that include high-end apartments on the Upper East Side, a block of land in Midtown Manhattan that includes the Olympic Tower and the Cartier Mansion, and the Peninsula Hotel, and a 17% stake in the World Trade Center developments in lower Manhattan.
In June 2020, Goldman sold her home, the former Kennedy family compound in Palm Beach, Florida, for approximately $70 million. She had purchased it for $31 million in 2015 from Castle Harlan CEO and chairman John K. Castle.
In 2023, Jane was sued along with her sister Diane by their nephew Steven and their sister Amy in both New York and Delaware. The Delaware case is presumed completed while the New York case is ongoing. Jane has described the cases as a shakedown.
Forbes reported that Goldman oversees a portfolio that includes at least 400 properties.
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