Adolph Zukor (January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976), orphaned at 7, was raised by an uncle, Rabbi Kalman Liebermann. At 16, he emigrated from Hungary to the U.S. He worked at low-paying jobs until he started a fur business in 1893, which made him rich, enabling sizeable real estate purchases.
He invested in a chain of theaters, leading in 1912 to Zukor establishing the Famous Players Film Company, later through mergers to become Paramount Pictures, with studios on both coasts. Zukor purchased chains of movie theaters, guaranteeing audiences for the films he produced with such well-known stars as Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.
He married Lottie Kaufman in 1897. Their son Eugene became a Paramount executive, and daughter Mildred married the son of movie magnate Marcus Lowe.
At the age of 103, Zukor died from natural causes and was buried at Temple Israel Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
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