Sheldon Solow

$4.43B

as of 11/17/20

About Sheldon Solow

Sheldon Solow risked everything in 1972 to build 9 West 57 Street in New York City, the tower that's known for its unobstructed views of Central Park.

Current tenants of the high-rise, known as the Solow Bulding, include KKR, Apollo Global Management, Tiger Global Management and Chanel.

His son Stefan Soloviev (who uses an older spelling of the family name) now runs Solow Building Co. alongside his dad and is in line to take over.

Solow owns a handful of office buildings on 57th Street as well as residential properties around Sutton Place near the East River.

Solow is demolishing a site across the street from his hallmark 9 West 57th to clear the way for a 52-story skyscraper.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

real estate

Birth date

07/20/28

Number of children

Education

High School Graduate, High School; New York University

Self-made

self-made

Sheldon Solow’s fortune is worth

74K

troy ounces of gold

68K

median U.S. household

44K

median U.S. income

0.089%

U.S. credit card volume

0.018%

GDP of the United States

0.013%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Solow is the son of a bricklayer who immigrated from Russia and a homemaker from Brooklyn.