Louis L. Gonda (born 1949/1950) is an American businessman, active in commercial real estate and venture capital.

Early life

He is the son of

Leslie Gonda Leslie Gonda (August 20, 1919 – March 16, 2018) was a Hungarian-born American businessman, philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor. He was the co-founder (with his son Louis Gonda) of International Lease Finance Corporation. Early life Gonda wa ...

, a Hungarian-born American businessman and

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survivor, and his wife Susan. He has a bachelor's degree from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

Career

He and his father started a company, International Lease Finance Corporation, which was sold to

American International Group American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is an American multinational finance and insurance corporation with operations in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. , AIG companies employed 49,600 people.https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/amer ...

(AIG) in 1990, after which he was an AIG executive vice president until his retirement in 1995. Since 1995, he has run Lexington Commercial Holdings, which looks after his interests in commercial real estate and venture capital. In 2000, his net worth was estimated at $2 billion, and in 2006, at $1.9 billion. In 2009, it was reported that following the financial crisis and the fall in the AIG share price from $70 to $2, Gonda was looking to sell assets, including "an eight-bedroom, $35-million Beverly Hills mansion, a $43-million Gulfstream V corporate jet and a $3-million beachfront home". In 2009, Gonda was no longer on the ''Forbes'' list of billionaires. Gonda is president of Lexington Commercial Holdings, chairman of Lexington Ventures, and a director of Trethera Corporation.

Personal life

He is married to Broadway producer

Kelly Gonda Kelly may refer to: Art and entertainment * Kelly (Kelly Price album) * Kelly (Andrea Faustini album) * ''Kelly'' (musical), a 1965 musical by Mark Charlap * "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland * ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadi ...

, daughter of actress

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. They have five children. His daughter, Eva Gonda Green, is married to Logan Green, co-founder of Lyft.

References

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