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In a magazine article in 2002, he was quoted as saying: "I'm at the stage in life where I get a lot of pleasure out of finding a cheap stock," adding that his research still pushed him to work evenings and weekends. His son Thomas, then and still currently president of Kahn Brothers Group, said, "My
243:(1901–2011), nicknamed "Happy", died at age 109. The youngest sibling, Peter Keane (1910–2014), died at the age of 103. Kahn's other sister, Lee (1903–2005), died at the age of 101. Kahn outlived his son Donald, who died suddenly on January 16, 2015, at the age of 79. Donald's widow is 187:, among others. Graham had such an enormous influence on his students that both Kahn and Buffett named their sons after him. Kahn named his third son, born in 1942, Thomas Graham, and Buffett, his first son, born in 1954, 231:
father continues to research ideas and talk to companies. One of the nice things about this business is that there's no mandatory retirement age, and you allegedly get wiser as you get older."
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Kahn was the oldest active money manager on Wall Street. He made his first trade—a short sale of a copper mining company—in the summer of 1929, months before the famous
117:(December 19, 1905 – February 24, 2015) was an American investor and philanthropist. He was the oldest living active investor. He was an early disciple of 125:
methodology. Kahn began his career in 1928 and continued to work until his death. He was chairman of Kahn Brothers Group, Inc., the privately owned
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Kahn, his sisters, and his brother were, collectively, the world's oldest living quartet of siblings. Kahn himself lived to 109. His sister,
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and among the first round of applicants to take the CFA exam. He was a founding member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the
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This article is about the investor and money manager. For the cable TV industry pioneer and subject of US Supreme Court wiretap case, see
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Kahn was born on December 19, 1905, in New York City to Mamie (née Friedman; 1880–1946) and Saul Henry Kahn (1875–1964). He attended the
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Irving Kahn died on February 24, 2015, aged 109. His death was reported through a brief obituary in the
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firm that he founded with his sons, Thomas and Alan, in 1978.
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on February 26, 2015. No specific cause of death was given.
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and went on to serve as the second teaching assistant to
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Irving B. Kahn

New York City, New York
City College of New York
Columbia University
Benjamin Graham
value investing
investment advisory
broker-dealer
market crash
City College of New York
Benjamin Graham
Columbia Business School
Graham
Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett
value investors
William J. Ruane
Walter J. Schloss
Charles Brandes
Howard Graham
Chartered Financial Analyst
Financial Analysts' Journal
Hugo Stinnes Co.
Grand Union Stores
Willcox & Gibbs
trustee emeritus
Jewish Foundation for Education of Women
Helen Reichert
Phyllis Kahn

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