Edward Lampert

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billionaire businessperson hedge fund manager human investor

Edward Lampert is an American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager best known for orchestrating the merger of Sears and Kmart and serving as the longtime chairman of Sears Holdings.

Aliases (2)

Edward S. Lampert ×2
Edward Scott Lampert ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	billionaire → businessperson → hedge fund manager → human → investor →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in Economics →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1962-07-19 →
educatedAt	Dwight-Englewood School → Yale University →
employer	ESL Investments →
familyName	Lampert →
founded	ESL Investments →
fullName	Edward Scott Lampert →
givenName	Edward →
hasChild	son (name not widely public) →
industry	finance → retail →
knownFor	activist investing → chairmanship of Sears Holdings → founding ESL Investments → merger of Sears and Kmart →
memberOf	Forbes 400 (past member) →
mentor	Robert Rubin (early career influence) →
netWorthStatus	billionaire →
notableInvestment	AutoNation → AutoZone → Kmart → Sears, Roebuck and Co. →
notableWork	restructuring of Sears Holdings →
occupation	business executive → hedge fund manager → investor → philanthropist →
placeOfBirth	Roslyn, New York, United States →
positionHeld	analyst at Goldman Sachs risk arbitrage department → chairman of ESL Investments → chairman of Kmart Holding Corporation → chairman of Sears Holdings → chief executive officer of ESL Investments → chief executive officer of Sears Holdings → director of AutoNation → director of AutoZone → founder of ESL Investments →
residence	Florida, United States →
spouse	Kinga Lampert →
workedAt	Goldman Sachs →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sears Holdings Corporation ("Edward S. Lampert") →	CEO
Sears Holdings Corporation ("Edward S. Lampert") →	chairman
Edward Lampert ("Edward Scott Lampert") →	fullName
Sears, Roebuck & Co. →	keyPerson