Scott M. Black is an

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investor, philanthropist and art collector. He founded Delphi Management, a leading money management firm whose notable clients include former mayor of New York,

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Biography

Early life

Scott M. Black grew up in Portland, Maine where his father was a grocer. He graduated from

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with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics. Following graduation, he attended

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Career

He worked in corporate finance and international treasury positions at Joseph E. Seagram and Xerox before moving to

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where he became head of Corporate development. He also worked at William O'Neil & Company prior to founding Delphi Management in 1980. He serves on the advisory boards of the

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, the

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and the

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. Mr. Black has endowed several funds and chairs at Johns Hopkins University including the Black Chair in Economics, the Scott M. Black Scholarship Fund and the Scott Black Fund for Teaching. Mr. Black and his wife Isabelle Black dedicated the Scott and Isabelle Black wing of the Lidow Physics center at Technion Institute in 2007. Mr. Black and his wife also have a family fellowship at

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for students in the Harvard Kennedy School. He has an extensive collection of Impressionist, post-Impressionist and early modern paintings and sculpture. His collection is displayed at the

, the

, and other museums.

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External links

* https://archive.today/20130130234005/http://www.panachemag.com/Arts_Culture/Scott_Black_Collection.asp * http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/exhibitionist/2006/12/scott_black_art.html * http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2006/12/24/the_bargain_hunter/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Scott M. Living people Johns Hopkins University alumni Harvard Business School alumni American investors American philanthropists American art collectors Year of birth missing (living people)

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