Arthur Goodhart Altschul (April 6, 1920 – March 17, 2002)[1] was an American banker and a Goldman Sachs Group partner,[2] and executive at his private family office, Overbrook Management Corporation, founded by his father.[3]
He served in the Marines from 1943 through 1945 and was a reporter for The New York Times in the late 1940s.
He worked as an analyst with Lehman Brothers, then joined General American Investors Company and then Goldman Sachs where he served as a general partner from 1959 to 1977 and a limited partner from 1977 to 1999. He was also chairman of General American Investors from 1961 to 1995.[5]
He led the private family office, Overbrook Management Corporation, founded by his father to manage and protect the wealth and financial well-being of the Altschul Family. In 2002, the office opened to provide asset management and related services to institutional investors and high net worth individuals. Over the years, Overbrook's leadership passed to him, and then to the third generation, his son, Arthur Goodhart Altschul, Jr, who currently serves as Overbrook's Chairman.[3]
^Bernhard, William, L., Birge, June Rossbach Bingham, Loeb, John L., Jr.. Lots of Lehmans – The Family of Mayer Lehman of Lehman Brothers, Remembered by His Descendants. Center For Jewish History, 2007, page 1
