Leon Shimkin
American businessman (1907ā1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leon Shimkin (April 7, 1907 ā May 25, 1988) was an American businessman who helped to build Simon & Schuster into a major publishing company. Shimkin was responsible for many self-help bestsellers turning Dale Carnegie's lectures into the bestselling book How to Win Friends and Influence People and J.K. Lasser's tax books. Shimkin co-founded Pocket Books and was a pioneer by distributing mass market paperbacks through newsstands and drugstores. Shimkin became the third partner to Simon & Schuster's Max Schuster and Richard L. Simon and remained as an executive after Simon & Schuster was sold to Field Enterprises, Inc. in 1944. Shimkin rose to become chairman of the board and owner of Simon & Schuster until he sold it to Gulf + Western in 1975.[1]
Leon Shimkin | |
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Born | (1907-04-07)April 7, 1907 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | May 25, 1988(1988-05-25) (aged 81) New Rochelle, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Publisher |
Spouse | Rebecca Shimkin |
Children | Emily Gindin, Michael Shimkin |