who is larry silverstein
Larry Silverstein. Larry A. Silverstein (born May 30, 1931) is an American businessman. Silverstein was born in Brooklyn, and became involved in real estate, together with his father, establishing Silverstein Properties. Silverstein separated from his business partner, Bernard Mendik, in 1977, and bought a number of large office buildings in Midtown and Lower Manhattan in the late 1970s.