Aby Rosen Biography
Aby Rosen is a New York City-based German-American real estate tycoon who co-founded RFR Holding, which owns 93 properties worth more than $15.5 billion in cities such as New York, Miami, Las Vegas, and Tel Aviv. Among the notable properties are the Seagram Building, W South Beach, The Jaffa Tel Aviv, Gramercy Park Hotel, Paramount Hotel, and Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Rosen is also a member, founding investor, and landlord of New York’s CORE Club.
How old is Aby Rosen? – Age
He is 62 years old as of 16 May 2022. He was born in 1960 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Aby Rosen Family
Rosen is the son of Holocaust survivors who were Jewish. His mother, Anni, hid in a Belgian farmhouse during WWII, while his father, Isak, was imprisoned in concentration camps in Germany and occupied Poland. Anni became a painter after the war, and Isak became a real estate developer. Rosen went to local schools before attending Wolfgang Goethe University, where he earned a business degree. By the 1990s, his parents had relocated to Israel and were living in Tel Aviv.
Who is Aby Rosen married to? – Children
Rosen has had two marriages. In a Jewish ceremony at The Pierre in Manhattan in 1991, he married Elizabeth Mina Wechsler. They had two sons, Gabriel and Charles, before their separation in 2000 and divorce in 2004. Rosen married Dr. Samantha Boardman, a psychiatrist and socialite, in 2005. Boardman is the daughter of D. Dixon Boardman, the founder of the hedge fund Optima Fund Management, and banking heiress Pauline Pitt. Boardman received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and his medical degree from Cornell University. She became a practicing Jew. They have two children, Alexander and Vivian, together.
How much is Aby Rosen worth?
He has an estimated net worth of $15.5 billion.
Aby Rosen House
Rosen lives on Manhattan’s Upper East Side with his wife and two children. The family spends the summers in Southampton, New York, where they own a $21.5 million mansion. Rosen paid $3.4 million for the A. Conger Goodyear House in Old Westbury, New York on Long Island in 2011. Edward Durell Stone designed and built the house in 1938 in the International Style for Anson Conger Goodyear, the first president of the Museum of Modern Art. Rosen finished a multi-year renovation of the property. Many of his important works of art are kept there, including Damien Hirst’s 13-ton, 33-foot-high bronze sculpture of a pregnant woman with peeled skin and an exposed fetus, The Virgin Mother.
Aby Rosen Yacht – Hotels
Aby has no Yacht. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Qatar’s former prime minister, reportedly paid $47 million for Rosen’s 71st Street New York townhouse in 2012. Rosen is also said to have a $36 million vacation home in St. Barthélemy. During Art Basel, Rosen is well-known for his annual dinner party at W South Beach. It has attracted both celebrities and business leaders.
Aby Rosen Real estate
In 1991, he formed RFR Holding LLC with his childhood friend Michael Fuchs, who was also the son of Holocaust survivors. The real estate market was in a slump at the time, but they had access to capital, initially using German properties as collateral. They later used their access to German investors to their advantage. Their plan was to buy large, vacant office buildings in need of renovation and hire architects to renovate them to high standards. Rosen acquired a large portfolio of office buildings in the 15 years following the establishment of RFR Holding in 1991, including the Seagram Building, which was purchased for $375 million from the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association in 2000, and Lever House.
Rosen collaborated with Ian Schrager, a longtime friend and Studio 54 co-founder, to transform the 123-year-old Gramercy Park Hotel with minimalist architect John Pawson in 2006. After completing a four-year, $200 million renovation, they listed the hotel for $260 million in 2014. Rosen announced plans in 2006 to develop the 610 Lexington Avenue site in New York City (directly behind the Seagram Building) into a glass hotel and condominium tower designed by Sir Norman Foster.
Rosen and Fuchs have a substantial real estate portfolio in Germany, particularly in Frankfurt. They purchased the European Central Bank’s headquarters building in early 2007. The Swift Haus Jungfernstieg in Hamburg is also owned by the company. This portfolio is managed by their Frankfurt office.
Aby Rosen Art
The Lever House Art Collection is a collection of works that Rosen commissioned for display at the Lever House. Richard Marshall, an art historian and associate curator at the Whitney Museum, is the curator. The Lever House Art Collection opened in 2004 with a work by Jorge Pardo. E.V. Day’s Bride Fight, Jeff Koons’ Hulks, and Tom Sachs’ Hello Kitty are among his other works.