Asher Barry Edelman was born on 26th November 1939, in New York City, USA and is a financier, investor as well as collector of art. He rose to fame after investing in such companies as the technology company Mohawk Data Sciences and computer production company Management Assistance. Edelman has been active in business since 1961.
How much is the net worth of Asher Edelman? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $25 million, as of the data presented in late 2017. Investments and finance companies are the major sources of Edelman’s net worth.
Asher Edelman Net Worth $25 Million
To begin with, the boy was raised in New York City; his father was an investor, so obviously had some influence on his son’s career. There is no information about Asher’s early childhood, but after matriculation from high school, Asher studied at Bard College in New York, graduating in 1961.
Concerning his professional career, he began working at the investment banking and brokerage firm Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt in 1961. In 1969, he co-founded the investment, management and trading company entitled Mack Bushnell & Edelman, in which he took the position of the CEO, steadily building his net worth as the company prospered. In 1988, he worked as a lecturer at Columbia Business School, but the same year, Asher opened the contemporary art museum based in the town of Pully, Switzerland; there the exhibitions of such well-known artists as Peter Halley, Roy Lichtenstein, Jean Michel Basquiat and Robert Mapplethorpe were held.
Edelman subsequently founded the company of Edelman Arts Inc. in 2002, which worked with artists including Christopher Winter, Cathy McClue, Yasmine Chatila and Doug Argue. In 2012, Asher launched an art finance company – ArtAssure Ltd – which serves as an investment bank for selling and purchasing fine art collections. ArtAssure was followed by Artemus, the company of art leasing also launched by Asher Edelman. Overall, all the above mentioned companies have helped to increase the total size of Asher Edelman’s net worth, making him a relatively wealthy celebrity.
In addition to this, Asher Edelman is the Vice Chairman of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre and American Ballet Theatre. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board for the performing arts venue Brooklyn Academy of Music, as well as for the Karole Dance Group. Edelman is also a member of the board for the professional opera company Gotham Chamber Opera, annual international dance competition Prix de Lausanne, and educational institutions Bard College as well as The Studio School.
Finally, in the personal life of Asher Edelman, he had been married four times, including to Regina and Michelle, but he does not reveal many details about his private life.
