HERSCHEL LIEBOWITZ

He Can Afford Anything. Except Peace and Quiet.

Herschel Liebowitz made his fortune seeing possibilities where other people saw problems.

His specialty is distressed commercial real estate: properties everyone else has given up on, buildings nobody quite knows what to do with, and opportunities hidden beneath somebody else's headache. Herschel buys them, figures out what they could become, and turns them into something worth considerably more than he paid.

It's a philosophy that made him extraordinarily wealthy.

It may also explain his attraction to Ida.

Herschel is restrained, observant and remarkably unimpressed by his own bank account. He watches his weight, exercises, rarely drinks and can be wonderfully particular about money—especially when somebody is charging him for something he doesn't think is worth it.

A $725 hotel room?

Fine.

A pathetic sliver of soap in that room?

Now we have a problem.

His greatest talent may be understatement. While everyone around him is talking, arguing, arranging, scheming or explaining, Herschel is usually watching. And when he finally says something, there's a good chance it's the line everybody remembers.

Beneath the dry humor is a man who quietly does the right thing. He doesn't need applause, and he certainly doesn't need anyone knowing what something cost.

Unfortunately, he married Ida.

Everybody knows what everything cost.