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Harold Schwartz
Harold Schwartz (March 13, 1910 – December 22, 2003) was an American businessman and real estate developer who along with his son, H. Gary Morse, founded the active adult retirement community The Villages, Florida. Early life Harold Schwartz was born March 13, 1910, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Louis and Katherine Schwartz. Harold was Jewish. Career In the 1930s, Schwartz worked as a travelling salesman, selling products for his father's tailoring company until it was forced to close due to the Great Depression. In 1947, Schwartz began purchasing radio stations, including several "border buster" stations in Mexico. Many of these stations, located just across the border with the United States, operated without proper licenses. Schwartz is credited with the discovery of famed disk jockey and radio personality Wolfman Jack, employing him at his Tijuana, Mexico, radio station in the late 1960s. In the 1950s and 60s, Schwartz operated a thriving mail-order real estate busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Gary Morse
Harold Gary Morse (December 19, 1936 – October 29, 2014) was an American billionaire and the developer of the active adult retirement community The Villages, Florida. Personal life and education Morse was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mary Louise and Harold Schwartz, who later moved to Arizona. His father Harold was Jewish. After the couple divorced, Mary Louise married Clifford Morse (Morse would later take his stepfather's surname) and lived in Central Lake, Michigan. H. Gary Morse was first married to Sharon Morse, who died in 1999. Morse and his second wife, Renee, lived together in a house in The Villages worth more than $1 million. Morse had three children — Mark Morse, Jennifer Parr and Tracy Morse— each of whom own and work for the Holding Company of the Villages Ltd. He is known for having had a private life, making little contact with other residents and not giving interviews to the media. Upon his death, his family issued the following statement regarding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |