Preston Robert Tisch

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businessperson human philanthropist

Preston Robert Tisch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as co-owner of the New York Giants and former Postmaster General of the United States.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Preston Robert Tisch canonical	8
Joan Tisch	1
Robert Tisch	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T553175 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Preston Robert Tisch
Context triple: [Steve Tisch, parent, Preston Robert Tisch]

A. Steve Tisch
Steve Tisch is an American film producer and businessman best known as the co-owner of the NFL’s New York Giants and an Academy Award–winning producer of "Forrest Gump."
B. Charles F. Dolan
Charles F. Dolan is an American cable television pioneer and media executive best known as the founder of HBO and Cablevision.
C. Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
D. Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman is an American billionaire businessman, co-founder and CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone, and a prominent philanthropist in education and the arts.
E. Douglas Durst
Douglas Durst is a prominent New York City real estate developer and heir to the Durst family, known for leading The Durst Organization and overseeing major commercial and residential projects in Manhattan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Preston Robert Tisch
Target entity description: Preston Robert Tisch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as co-owner of the New York Giants and former Postmaster General of the United States.

A. Steve Tisch
Steve Tisch is an American film producer and businessman best known as the co-owner of the NFL’s New York Giants and an Academy Award–winning producer of "Forrest Gump."
B. Charles F. Dolan
Charles F. Dolan is an American cable television pioneer and media executive best known as the founder of HBO and Cablevision.
C. Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
D. Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman is an American billionaire businessman, co-founder and CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone, and a prominent philanthropist in education and the arts.
E. Douglas Durst
Douglas Durst is a prominent New York City real estate developer and heir to the Durst family, known for leading The Durst Organization and overseeing major commercial and residential projects in Manhattan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization	Loews Corporation ⓘ National Football League ⓘ New York Giants ⓘ United States Postal Service ⓘ
businessPartner	Laurence Tisch ⓘ Wellington Mara ⓘ
coOwnerOf	New York Giants ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	New York University ⓘ University of Michigan ⓘ
employer	Loews Hotels ⓘ surface form: Loews Corporation
familyName	Tisch ⓘ
fieldOfWork	entertainment industry ⓘ hospitality industry ⓘ insurance industry ⓘ professional sports management ⓘ
givenName	Preston ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeamOwnershipGroup	New York Giants ⓘ
middleName	Robert ⓘ
notableFor	co-ownership of the New York Giants ⓘ major philanthropic donations to educational institutions ⓘ major philanthropic donations to medical institutions ⓘ service as United States Postmaster General ⓘ
notablePhilanthropicFocus	arts and culture ⓘ healthcare ⓘ higher education ⓘ
notableWork	development of Loews Corporation ⓘ leadership of New York Giants organization ⓘ
occupation	businessman ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ sports team owner ⓘ
owned	New York Giants ⓘ
positionHeld	Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Postmaster General chairman of Loews Corporation ⓘ co-owner of the New York Giants ⓘ
relative	James Tisch ⓘ Jonathan Tisch ⓘ Steve Tisch ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Laurence Tisch ⓘ
workLocation	New York City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Steve Tisch → parent → Preston Robert Tisch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joan Tisch

Tisch → notableMember → Preston Robert Tisch ⓘ

subject surface form: Tisch family

Laurence Tisch → sibling → Preston Robert Tisch ⓘ

Laurence Tisch → hasPartnershipWith → Preston Robert Tisch ⓘ

Steven → parent → Preston Robert Tisch ⓘ

subject surface form: Steven Tisch

Tisch School of the Arts → namedAfter → Preston Robert Tisch ⓘ

Loews Corporation → foundedBy → Preston Robert Tisch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robert Tisch

Tisch family → hasNotableMember → Preston Robert Tisch ⓘ

James Tisch → relative → Preston Robert Tisch ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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