Carl Lindner Jr.

**Carl Henry Lindner Jr.** (22 ga Afrilu, 1919 - 17 ga Oktoba, 2011) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan Amurka daga Norwood, Ohio, memba ne na dangin Lindner, kuma ɗaya daga cikin mutane mafi arziki a duniya. A cewar fitowar 2010 ta *Forbes* Billionaires List, Lindner ya mallaki kimanin dala biliyan 1.7. 

## Rayuwa da aiki
An haifi Lindner a ranar 22 ga Afrilu, 1919, a Dayton, Ohio . Ya girma a Norwood, wani yanki na Cincinnati, Ohio .  Mahaifinsa ya ba shi aikin gudanarwa yana da shekaru 14, lokacin da suka faɗaɗa kasuwancin kiwo na iyalin zuwa United Dairy Farmers, wani babban jerin shagunan kayan more rayuwa . Tare da 'ya'yansa maza uku, yana da iko da kusan kashi 42% na American Financial Group, wani kamfani mai riƙe da hannun jari da ke Cincinnati wanda babban kasuwancinsa shine inshora da saka hannun jari.

Lindner ya kasance mai hannun jari kuma babban jami'in gudanarwa na Cincinnati Reds har sai da ya sayar da mafi yawan hannun jari ga wata ƙungiya da Robert Castellini ke jagoranta a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 2005, kuma ya sauka daga mukamin Shugaba. Lindner ya ci gaba da kasancewa abokin tarayya mai himma a cikin ƙungiyar bayan cinikin.  A shekarar 1997, an shigar da Lindner cikin Ƙungiyar Shahararrun 'Yan Kasuwa ta Amurka ta Junior Achievement .

## Taimakon jama'a
Lindner ya bayar da gudummawa ga ayyukan agaji da kamfen na siyasa. Iyalan Lindner sun tallafa wa makarantu masu zaman kansu da dama na Cincinnati, ciki har da Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, wanda Lindners ya kafa. Lindner yana goyon bayan shirin Carl H. Lindner Business Honors a cikin Kwalejin Kasuwanci ta Jami'ar Cincinnati, wanda a da ake kira shirin Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS har sai da sabbin shugabannin kwalejin kasuwanci suka canza shi. Kamfaninsa na Great American Insurance ya taɓa zama mai ɗaukar nauyin gasar wasan tennis ta Cincinnati Masters . Cocin Phillips Chapel ya girmama Lindner da ƙarin Carl Lindner Jr Fellowship Hall.

Kwanan nan, a watan Yunin 2011, Jami'ar Cincinnati ta girmama Lindner ta hanyar sake sanya wa Kwalejin Kasuwanci suna Kwalejin Kasuwanci ta Carl H. Lindner saboda gudunmawar da shi da iyalinsa suka bayar ga kwalejin, jami'a, da kuma al'ummar kasuwanci.

Duk da cewa Lindner mai ibada ne a Baptist,  an dauke shi a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan masu ba da gudummawa ga al'ummar Yahudawa da aka tsara a Amurka. A shekarar 1978, United Jewish Appeal ta nada shi a matsayin Mutumin Shekara, kuma daga baya aka nada shi a matsayin wanda ya lashe kyautar Tree of Life Award for the Jewish National Fund, kuma an amince da shi a matsayin mafi girman wanda ba Bayahude ba wanda ya sayi Isra'ila Bonds . Lindner, wanda ya ce bashin da aka bashi da wuri daga Isaac Wolfson ya zaburar da shi kada ya manta da godiyarsa ga mutanen Yahudawa, ya bayar da gudummawa ga irin wadannan ayyuka a lokuta da dama, ciki har da dala miliyan 1 a wani tara kudi na 1991 da dala miliyan 5 a 2004. 

A shekarar 1978, Lindner ya sami kyautar Golden Plate Award ta Kwalejin Nasara ta Amurka . 

## Tallafin kuɗi na 'yan Republican
Lindner ya goyi bayan Jam'iyyar Republican . A lokacin zaɓen 2004, iyalan Lindner sun ba da gudummawar dubban daloli ga 'yan Republican, ciki har da Kwamitin Ƙasa na Republican da wasu 'yan siyasa da dama. A shekara ta 2004, Kwamitin Ƙasa na Jam'iyyar Republican ya naɗa Lindner a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin "Super Rangers" guda 62, mafi girman matakin karɓar kuɗi, wanda aka bai wa waɗanda suka tara dala 300,000 ko fiye.  Lindner, abokin George W. Bush, ya sami damar amfani da Great American Ball Park don kamfen ɗin sake zaɓen Bush a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, 2004, kwana biyu kafin zaɓen Shugaban Ƙasa na 2004.

A shekarar 2005, Lindner yana cikin ƙungiyoyi 53 da suka ba da gudummawar dala $250,000 ga rantsar da Shugaba George W. Bush na biyu.   

## Ƙungiyoyi
Carl Lindner da ɗan'uwansa Robert sun yi amfani da kasuwancin kiwo na iyalinsu don gina jerin shagunan sayar da kayayyaki a Cincinnati, Ohio, mai suna United Dairy Farmers (UDF). Daga nan suka shiga fannoni na kuɗi da sadarwa. Ta hanyar kamfaninsu na riƙe da hannun jari na American Financial Group (AFG), suna kula da Great American Insurance, wani kamfani mai riƙe da hannun jari na ƙungiyar kamfanonin inshorar kadarori da rai waɗanda suka zama kamfanin inshora na ashirin da uku mafi girma a ƙasar. AFG ta mallaki banki na huɗu mafi girma a Cincinnati, Provident Bank, da kuma banki na biyu mafi girma a fannin tanadi da lamuni (Hunter Savings, daga baya ta haɗa zuwa Provident.   Lindners kuma suna kula da cibiyoyin siyayya guda saba'in a kusa da Cincinnati. Sun taɓa mallakar Bantam Books da babban jaridar Cincinnati, *The Cincinnati Enquirer* . Charles Keating, shi ma ɗan Cincinnati ne, abokin hulɗa ne na Lindners.

Carl Lindner ya kuma zuba jari mai yawa a cikin United Brands (wanda a da aka sani da United Fruit - Chiquita Bananas wanda ya haɗa da gonaki a El Salvador da sauran ƙasashen Tsakiyar Amurka.), Gulf+Western (wanda daga baya Paramount Communications, wanda yanzu ɓangare ne na Viacom da CBS Corporation ), Warner Communications, Kroger (babban kamfanin manyan kantuna a gabashin Amurka), Great American Broadcasting, General Cable da Penn Central .

Yayin da kamfanonin Lindner da cibiyoyin kuɗi suka taɓa aiki bisa ƙa'idodi masu tsauri da taka tsantsan, daga baya suka shiga cikin harkokin kasuwanci masu haɗari. Kamfanonin inshora na Lindner sun fara saka hannun jari a cikin takardun jinginar gida, kuma wasu kamfanonin Lindner sun fara fitar da takardun jinginar gida.  Hukumar SEC ta lura cewa kamfanonin Lindner su ne manyan masu shigar da sabbin takardun shaidu a Amurka. An yi ta zargin Lindner da yin ciniki da kansa a kamfanonin da ke ƙarƙashin ikonsa; misali, samun irin wannan kamfani ya ba shi jirgin sama mai zaman kansa. Ya kasance yana da alaƙa da Michael Milken da sauran a fannin takardun jinginar gida har zuwa lokacin da cibiyoyin kuɗinsa suka zuba jari a cikin takardun jinginar gida na wasu. Shi da wasu sun himmatu wajen ƙoƙarin hulɗa da jama'a don gabatar da hoton haƙƙin kuɗi ga jama'a. 

## Mutuwa
Carl Lindner Jr. ya mutu a ranar 17 ga Oktoba, 2011, yana da shekaru 92. Matarsa, tsohuwar Edyth Bailey; 'ya'yansa maza, Carl III, Craig da Keith; jikoki 12; da jikoki shida. 

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