David Gottesman

**David Sanford "Sandy" Gottesman** (26 ga Afrilu, 1926 - 28 ga Satumba, 2022) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan Amurka, attajiri, kuma mai taimakon jama'a.   Ya kafa First Manhattan Co. (FMC),  kuma an san shi da abotarsa da Warren Buffett .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Gottesman a cikin dangin Yahudawa a birnin New York a ranar 26 ga Afrilu, 1926.    Mahaifinsa, Benjamin, yana aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin banki da mai saka hannun jari; mahaifiyarsa, Esther (née Garfunkel), ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen siyan Littattafan Tekun Matattu ga Isra'ila.  Ta wurin mahaifiyarsa, dangantaka mai nisa ta haɗa da Barrett Visanska, wani baƙo ɗan Poland kuma wanda ya kafa Ikilisiyar Tree of Life a Columbia, South Carolina, kuma wanda aka sanya wa suna Gidan Visanska Starks .  Yana da 'yan'uwa biyu, Milton Gottesman da Alice Gottesman Bayer.   Shi kuma ɗan'uwa ne ga ɗan kasuwan takarda na Amurka, mai kuɗi, kuma mai taimakon jama'a Samuel Gottesman .   Iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa New Rochelle, New York, a lokacin yarintar Gottesman. Ya shiga rundunar sojin Amurka bayan kammala karatun sakandare kuma an fara tura shi zuwa Jami'ar Princeton don yin karatun injiniya, kafin a tura shi gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Kudancin Pacific a shekarar 1945.  Bayan dawowarsa daga aikin soja bayan kammala karatunsa na girmamawa, ya sami digiri na farko daga Kwalejin Trinity . Daga nan ya yi karatun digiri na biyu a Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Harvard, inda ya kammala karatun digiri na biyu a fannin Gudanar da Kasuwanci a shekarar 1950.  

## Sana'a
Bayan kammala karatunsa, Gottesman ya yi aiki a Hallgarten &amp;amp; Company a fannin haɗa kamfanoni da saye-saye na tsawon kimanin shekaru goma.  A shekarar 1963, wani abokinsa ya gabatar da shi ga Warren Buffett a wani cin abincin rana a wani kulob na Wall Street, wanda ya fahimci irin wannan hanyar siyan hannun jari . Ba da daɗewa ba suka zama abokai nagari, suna wasan golf da juna kuma suna tattaunawa kowace Lahadi da daddare ta waya game da waɗanne hannun jari za su saka hannun jari a ciki.   A cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa, Gottesman yakan yi tafiye-tafiye na ɗan lokaci don ziyartar Buffett a Omaha, Nebraska ; za su tattauna ra'ayoyi daga ƙarshen rana zuwa farkon safiya, bayan haka Gottesman yakan koma New York a cikin jirgin sama mai ja don dawowa gida da safe. 

A shekarar 1964, Gottesman ya kafa kamfanin ba da shawara kan saka hannun jari na First Manhattan Co.   Shi ma tsohon mai saka hannun jari ne a Berkshire Hathaway . Kamfanonin biyu sun saka hannun jari a Kamfanin Diversified Retailing Co., wanda Gottesman, Buffett, da Charlie Munger suka kafa don siyan kamfanonin dillalai masu zaman kansu, tun daga Hochschild Kohn's (wanda shugabansa kawun matar Gottesman ne). Ba da daɗewa ba mutanen uku suka kammala da cewa wannan siyan "babban kuskure ne," kuma Gottesman ya kula da sake siyar da shi, tare da ƙaramin asara.  A shekarar 1978, Diversified Retailing ta haɗu da Berkshire Hathaway.  Zuwa Maris 2021, Gottesman ya mallaki hannun jari na aji A 17,202 da kuma hannun jari na aji B sama da miliyan biyu a Berkshire Hathaway.  Wannan ya ƙunshi babban kaso na dukiyarsa. Daga baya Gottesman ya yi tsokaci, "Wataƙila ba a taɓa samun riba mafi kyau akan kowace hannun jari da aka riƙe tsawon shekaru 44 a tarihin Wall Street ba."  Ya kiyasta cewa zuwa shekarar 2012, darajarsu ta ninka ta asali sau 6,000.  A shekarar 2003, ya shiga kwamitin gudanarwa na Berkshire Hathaway. 

## Taimakon jama'a
A shekara ta 2008, Gottesman ya ba da gudummawar dala miliyan 25 ga Kwalejin Magunguna ta Albert Einstein .  An yi amfani da wannan kyautar don kafa Cibiyar Ruth L. da David S. Gottesman don Ilimin Halittu da Maganin Farfado da Kwayoyin Halitta, cibiyar bincike kan ƙwayoyin halitta.  Shi da matarsa sun kuma ba da kuɗin hanyar keke ta Train Track Park a kewayen Urushalima.   An sanya wa Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth a Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi na Amurka suna don girmama su.  An kuma sanya wa sabon ginin Laburaren Ƙasa na Isra'ila a Urushalima suna.

Bayan rasuwar Gottesman, matarsa Ruth ta ba da ƙarin dala biliyan 1 ga Kwalejin Likitanci ta Albert Einstein a watan Fabrairun 2024, wanda aka keɓe don samar da kuɗin makaranta kyauta ga duk ɗaliban likitanci na gaba. Gudummawar da ta bayar tana ɗaya daga cikin mafi girma da aka taɓa bayarwa ga wata cibiyar ilimi a Amurka.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Gottesman ya auri Ruth Levy a shekarar 1950.  Sun haɗu a shekarar 1948 kafin ta fara karatunta a Kwalejin Mount Holyoke, kuma sun ci gaba da aure har tsawon shekaru 72 har zuwa rasuwarsa.   Tana da digirin farko a Kwalejin Barnard, haka kuma tana da digiri na biyu a fannin Ilimin Ci Gaban Jama'a da kuma digiri na uku a fannin Fahimtar Dan Adam da Koyo a fannin Ilimin Halayyar Dan Adam, dukkansu daga Kwalejin Malamai, Jami'ar Columbia .  

Tare, sun haifi 'ya'ya uku - 'ya'ya maza Robert W. "Bob" Gottesman (matarsa Trudy Elbaum), shugaban zartarwa kuma tsohon shugaban kamfanin First Manhattan, da William L. Gottesman (matarsa Debra Lopez), tare da 'yarsa Alice R. Gottesman. Sun kuma haifi jikoki bakwai.

Suna zaune a Rye, New York,  kuma ya kasance mai sha'awar ninkaya.  Ya yi aiki a matsayin amintaccen Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Mount Sinai kuma ya kasance Mataimakin Shugaba kuma amintaccen Gidan Tarihi na Tarihin Halitta na Amurka .  

Gottesman ya mutu a gidansa da ke Rye a ranar 28 ga Satumba, 2022, yana da shekaru 96.  

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