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Maurice Gusman
Maurice Gusman (born 1889 - died April 4, 1980) was a Russian Empire-born American millionaire investor and philanthropist. Born in the Russian Empire into a Jewish family, Gusman immigrated to the United States at the age of 14 alone. Gusman began working at the age of 13 to save money for his ticket to the United States and never had a formal education. Gusman arrived in New York through Ellis Island and spent several years in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, working at a drugstore. Within three years of arrival to the United States, he opened his own store but lost it in the financial crisis of 1907. He moved to Akron, Ohio to open another store and made millions in the rubber industry Gusman became a millionaire by the age of 32. In 1947, he moved to Miami with his family and began his real estate investment and development. In 1948, Gusman purchased the Olympia Theater, renovated it and gave it to the City of Miami in 1975. He donated $2.5 mln to the University of Miami for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighbouring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Qajar Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing China. It also held colonies in North America between 1799 and 1867. Covering an area of approximately , it remains the third-largest empire in history, surpassed only by the British Empire and the Mongol Empire; it ruled over a population of 125.6 million people per the 1897 Russian census, which was the only census carried out during the entire imperial period. Owing to its geographic extent across three continents at its peak, it featured great ethnic, linguistic, religious, and economic diversity. From the 10th–17th centuries, the land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
