As per our current Database, David Gottesman is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, David Gottesman is 98 years, 6 months and 26 days old. David Gottesman will celebrate 99rd birthday on a Saturday 26th of April 2025. Below we countdown to David Gottesman upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | David Gottesman |
| Occupation | Investments |
| Age | 98 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | April 26, 1926 (Rye, New York, United States) |
| Birthday | April 26 |
| Town/City | Rye, New York, United States |
| Nationality | United States |
David Gottesman’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
David Gottesman was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
Gottesman founded the investment advisory firm First Manhattan Co. in 1964. He began a friendship with Warren Buffett in 1962. He was an early investor in Berkshire Hathaway and today owns 16,100 shares (class A), worth $3.5 billion in 2015. He joined the Berkshire Hathaway board of Directors in 2003. In 2008, Gottesman donated $25 million to the Yeshiva University Medical School. This gift was used to form the Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, which operates as a stem cell research center.
