About John Farber
John Farber is the longtime chairman of ICC Industries, which trades basic and specialty chemicals. It also held a controlling stake in Frutarom.
In May 2018, Frutarom was sold to International Flavors & Fragrances for $7.1 billion in cash and stock.
He started ICC Industries in 1952 as a chemical trading division of his father-in-law's textiles export-import firm, Leslie Kleyman Corporation.
Farber and his family left Romania after his father's business was nationalized following World War II. He reacquired the company in the 1990s.
Farber received his doctorate in polymer chemistry at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
ChemicalsBirth date
08/23/25Number of children
1Education
Ph.D, Polytechnic InstituteSelf-made
self-madeJohn Farber’s fortune is worth
22K
troy ounces of gold
20K
median U.S. household
13K
median U.S. income
0.026%
U.S. credit card volume
0.005%
GDP of the United States
0.004%
United States debt
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